Material Planner (customer orders, supply chain, ERP, Inventory) at Aditi Consulting
Sanford, NC
About the Job
Summary:
Be a part of a team responsible for collaborating with suppliers to ensure material availability in a high pace manufacturing environment. Accountable for managing and analyzing $1M-$8M of inventory for opportunities to eliminate waste and optimize inventory. Collaborate with cross-functional project teams to achieve inventory objectives.
Typical Day:
- Determining necessary action needed to successfully correct the problem
- Making numerous contacts by phone, fax, or email, to all parties involved in order to enter shipments and final receipts
- Following up on orders not received per customer's request
- Communicating with customer regarding status of order
- Performing order revisions as necessary, including price adjustments, changing/adding schedules, opening/closing purchase orders, etc.
- Analyzing and confirming the correctness of customer orders
- Performing the setup of new supplier and customer information
- Analyzing sources, verifying, and processing orders, and Serving as a specialist within the group and providing interpretation and problem-solving advice to others inside and outside of the department.
Education Requirement:
- 4 yr BA/BS degree, 2 yr associates degree, or 5+ years of relevant, job-related experience
- APICS CPIM, CSCP, or CLTD Certifications are a plus
- Supply Chain and Material Planning background
Technical Skills:
- Microsoft Excel experience required.
- Knowledge of various purchasing and *MRP systems.
- Demonstrated experience in adhering to guidelines and/or procedures.
- Ability to collect and filter information to achieve optimal decisions using critical thinking.
- Quickly and accurately recall the specifics to situations.
- Communicate effectively with succinct, but detailed emails; clear, accurate message over the phone or short sheet meetings.
- Collaborate with internal and external customers to resolve problems.
Compensation:
The pay rate range above is the base hourly pay range that Aditi Consulting reasonably expects to pay someone for this position (compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including but not limited to, a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, location and end client requirements).
Benefits and Ancillaries:
Medical, dental, vision, PTO benefits and ancillaries may be available for eligible Aditi Consulting employees and vary based on the plan options selected by the employee.