Indirect Materials Planner & Inventory Optimizer

Anchor Point Technology Resources; Princeton (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchor Point Technology Resources seeks an Indirect Material Planner to coordinate material flow from suppliers, confirm component availability, and avoid shortages to prevent production downtime. You will monitor inventory levels, analyze requisitions, select suppliers from approved lists, and onboard new suppliers for material planning, ensuring optimal stock and timely deliveries.

The role requires collaboration with QA and production teams, plus data entry for supplier onboarding, cost

Qualifications

• Associate degree or 2+ years planner/buyer or related manufacturing experience.
• Ability to become proficient at production and supplier scheduling.
• Computer proficient Microsoft Office applications and ERP preferred.
• Basic mathematical skills
• Experience with job shop manufacturing environments and processes.
• Experience in operations, inventory management, MRP or lean manufacturing processes.
• Experience with visual management systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform timely, cost-conscious procurement of indirect/MRO items.
• Receive and analyze requisitions to determine quantity, specifications and delivery requirements.
• From approved supplier list, select suppliers to fulfill scheduled plant deliveries.
• Entering data for the onboarding of new selected suppliers relative to material planning.
• Ensure optimal inventory levels and safety stock are maintained for their parts.
• Work with Quality Assurance to resolve quality issues with suppliers.
• Maintain proactive shortage identification and management - help flag root causes & corrective actions.
• Identify total cost and cash flow opportunities with suppliers.
• Analyze parts for KanBan and Supplier replenishment.
• Coordinate with production planners for solutions when parts cannot be delivered as promised.
• Resolve invoicing discrepancies with suppliers and accounting.
• Analyze material and capacity availability to provide customer promise dates.
• Maintains item master lead time information based upon process improvements, current constraints, total current demand by product family, and priority information.
• Interface with required functional groups to resolve challenging delivery requirements.
• Communicate forecasts and replenishment plans to supplier.
• Review open requirements, monitoring vendor performance and expediting where necessary. Ensure that problems relating to delivery, quality or pricing are promptly conveyed to the supplier and resolved in a timely manner.
• Productivity: identify and implement cost reduction/productivity projects to meet the corporate initiatives/goals. Maintain pipeline and financial records for reporting and tracking productivity.
• Expedite deliveries to meet and exceed scheduled critical requirements.

Skills

Procurement

Inventory management

ERP

Kanban

MRP

Supplier relations

Education

Associate degree

2+ years planner/buyer experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

ERP系统

Job description

Anchor Point Technology Resources seeks an Indirect Material Planner to coordinate material flow from suppliers, confirm component availability, and avoid shortages to prevent production downtime. You will monitor inventory levels, analyze requisitions, select suppliers from approved lists, and onboard new suppliers for material planning, ensuring optimal stock and timely deliveries.

The role requires collaboration with QA and production teams, plus data entry for supplier onboarding, cost