ECN Coordinator - Purchasing Material Planner

Carrier; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier is hiring an ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner for their Indiana location. This role is essential for managing supply chain operations and ensuring timely procurement of materials for product launches.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in purchasing and must be detail-oriented and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment. A strong work ethic and excellent communication skills are critical for success in this position.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Buyer/Material Planner with Accounts Payable resolution experience.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings.

Responsibilities

• Manage purchasing functions ensuring materials arrive on time for product launches.
• Support procurement and engineering change notices.
• Collaborate with various teams for documentation and analysis.
• Analyze MRP for inventory control.
• Resolve Accounts Payable rejections.
• Work with the Quality Department on supplier issues.

Skills

Expert knowledge of MRP

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Inventory management skills

Problem-solving skills

Microsoft Excel (V Lookups and Pivot tables)

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SAP

Windchill

Microsoft Office

Job description

Carrier is a leading provider of HVAC, refrigeration, fire, security, and building automation technologies. These high‑technology products and services enable modern life by delivering efficiency, safety, and security across several platforms. Enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

UTEC, Inc. is seeking a self‑motivated, driven, and experienced ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner for the downtown Fort Wayne, IN location where we are centrally located to support 5 different locations in support of procurement and engineering change notices. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to develop your career in supply chain, then we have a great opportunity for you. This is not a remote position. The person hired in this role will have the opportunity to work from home one day a week but will not be eligible for this until training is completed.

Our ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner is the driver behind our continued growth and success. With our commitment to innovation, it’s our ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner who seek out and help implement strategic initiatives for on time implementation of new product launches and engineering changes as well as executing the purchasing function to ensure materials arrive on time for launch. Our ideal candidate is detail‑oriented, self‑motivated, self‑directed, analytic problem solver, expert communicator, team oriented, and able to work in an ever changing fast paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• The ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner will work closely with the Engineering, Product Management, and Purchasing departments involving all New Product Introduction and Engineering Change Notices including but not limited to issuing RFQ’s to suppliers, execute material master set up for new and changed materials and ensure they are consistent with SAP requirements, determining obsolescence, and track delivery status details of all new materials to ensure new product launch dates are met.
• This ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner will attend weekly meetings to ensure actions are tracked in a change management checklist and report back the progress of each ECN and any actions to be taken in the Purchasing Department.
• The ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner will support the development of and ensuring that Standard Work Instructions are being followed.
• Partner with other stakeholder teams across business units (i.e., sales, scheduling, production, customer service, quality, expeditors, global sourcing, finance, shipping/receiving, and engineering to develop necessary analysis and documentation in a collaborative way, communicating effectively and efficiently with each team.
• The ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner will also manage the supply chain for assigned commodities. The employee will plan, analyze, procure, and expedite components utilizing accurate purchase order/schedule agreement placement to meet sales demands, monitor and maintain acceptable inventory levels, and achieve on‑time deliveries to meet our customer's production schedules.
• Analyze the MRP for inventory control to ensure material arrives on time for production while not exceeding monthly inventory dollar goal initiatives, including but not limited to running specialized reports to manage inventory.
• Analyze the SAP system daily to ensure our goal of 100% supplier on‑time‑delivery is met through sending open order reports to the suppliers and meeting weekly with to confirm orders will arrive on time, as well as demonstrate the ability to use business judgment to resolve problems to get to root cause analysis.
• The ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner will also resolve daily Accounts Payable rejections to ensure on time payments to suppliers.
• The ECN Coordinator – Purchasing Material Planner will work closely with the Quality Department on supplier quality issues and ensure defective material is returned to the supplier for credit.
• Assist management for assigned projects as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree
• 5+ years of experience as a Buyer/Material Planner with Accounts Payable resolution experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP experience is a plus
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Windchill Experience is a plus
• Accounts Payable invoice resolution experience preferred
• Expert knowledge of MRP
• Excellent decision‑making capabilities
• Problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills
• Must have attention to detail, be very organized, and thrive in a fast‑paced work environment
• Must possess a strong work ethic, ability to overcome challenges, and a willingness to learn new systems
• Must be self‑motivated and focused on results
• Must have strong inventory management skills
• Moderate to expert skill with Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Excel V Lookups and Pivot tables
• Ability to work in a team environment as well as work independently.
• Must be able to read and interpret drawings