Global Purchasing Material Planner

Carrier; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier is looking for a Global Purchasing Material Planner for its facility in Indiana. The candidate will manage the supply chain for various commodities, ensuring timely procurement and maintaining acceptable inventory levels.

The ideal candidate should have at least 5 years of experience in a similar role, holding an Associate’s Degree. Proficiency in SAP and a strong understanding of MRP are preferred. Carrier offers a dynamic work environment requiring attention to detail and self-motivation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as a Buyer/Materials Planner with Accounts Payable resolution experience.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail.
• Self-motivated and focused on results.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams across business units to develop necessary analysis and documentation.
• Manage supply chain for assigned commodities ensuring timely procurement.
• Analyze inventory control to ensure materials arrive on time.

Skills

Problem solving skills

Strong communication skills

Inventory management skills

Expert knowledge of MRP

Microsoft Excel (V Lookups and Pivot tables)

Education

Associate’s Degree

Tools

SAP

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 Global Purchasing Material Planner to work in its facility located in downtown Fort Wayne for the Control Box Division. The Control Box Division produces control boxes that are used in small, medium, and large rooftop units along with refrigeration and HVAC markets.

Our Global Purchasing Material Planners are the drivers behind our continued growth and success. With our commitment to innovation, it’s our material planners who seek out, develop, and help implement strategic initiatives for improved efficiency and productivity. We’re currently searching for an experienced Global Purchasing Material Planner to help guide our organization into the future. Our ideal candidate is a detail-oriented planner, motivated problem solver, expert communicator, and top-notch MRP analyst.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 Global Purchasing Material Planner will work closely with the Engineering and Product Management departments involving New Product Introductions and ECN’s including but not limited to; issuing RFQ’s to suppliers, material master set up, determining obsolescence, and providing delivery status details of new materials to ensure new product launch dates are met.
• The Global Purchasing Material Planner will resolve daily Accounts Payable rejections to ensure on time payments to suppliers.
• The Global 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’ experience as a Buyer/Materials Planner with Accounts Payable resolution experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP experience preferred, but not required
• Accounts Payable invoice resolution experience required
• Expert knowledge of MRP
• 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