Employee-Owned Material Planner: Optimize Production

Robinson Inc.; De Pere (WI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Robinson, Inc. is seeking a Material Planner to coordinate with Scheduling, Procurement, and other departments to ensure production goals and timelines are met.

The role focuses on confirming material availability, accurate scheduling, and coordination prior to shop floor release. The ideal candidate has experience in inventory or manufacturing environments, familiarity with ERP systems (Syteline preferred), and strong math, accounting, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Experience in inventory, supply chain, manufacturing, or related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Verify material availability to meet demand before releasing jobs to the shop floor.
• Obtain accurate scheduling information to confirm required dates.
• Adapt to changes in BOMs or engineering changes.
• Communicate schedule adjustments to procurement and operations teams as needed.
• Investigate shortage issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Highlight and escalate potential at-risk inventory concerns.
• Create jobs based on demand using the material planner workbench with scheduling and operations alignment.
• Ensure revision levels and drawings are accurate at job release.
• Collaborate across procurement, project managers, logistics, scheduling, routing, engineering, quality, finance, and operations.

Skills

Math

Accounting

Communication

Organization & Time Mgmt

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Syteline

Job description

Robinson, Inc. is seeking a Material Planner to coordinate with Scheduling, Procurement, and other departments to ensure production goals and timelines are met.

The role focuses on confirming material availability, accurate scheduling, and coordination prior to shop floor release. The ideal candidate has experience in inventory or manufacturing environments, familiarity with ERP systems (Syteline preferred), and strong math, accounting, and communication skills.