Inventory Planner

Aebi Schmidt; Mayfield (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with Company Match

Health, Vision & Dental Insurance

Life & Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off (PTO) Program

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Meyer Products, an Aebi Schmidt brand based in Mayfield, Ohio, is seeking an Inventory Planner to monitor orders, optimize production schedules, and collaborate with procurement and sales to prevent delays.

You will utilize MRP systems, track inventory at external vendors, and drive improvements in cost, quality, and delivery performance through data analysis and cross-functional partnership.

Qualifications

• Experience as Inventory Planner/Scheduler.
• Proven ability to resolve supply chain disruptions with minimal budget/production impact.
• Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Adaptable to frequent changes and delays.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed production schedules to meet orders and forecasts.
• Monitor finished goods inventory at external vendors.
• Use MRP systems to order materials and manage inventory with data accuracy.
• Track production progress and prepare management reports.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks, delays, or quality issues with vendors.
• Recommend solutions to improve production quality, reduce costs and increase efficiency.
• Maintain MRP master data with vendor collaboration.
• Create and monitor purchase orders, changes, and discrepancies.
• Expedite deliveries and manage exceptions with suppliers.
• Maintain correct min/max and optimal order quantities.
• Coordinate sunset item usage for product transitions.

Skills

Inventory Planning

Supply Chain Disruptions

Stakeholder Influence

Adaptability

Job description

Inventory Planner

At Meyer Products, an Aebi Schmidt brand located in Mayfield, we pride ourselves on innovation, collaboration, and dedication to excellence. As part of the Aebi Schmidt Group, we are committed to delivering superior solutions to our customers as well as providing rewarding career opportunities.

Position

The Inventory Planner position will be responsible for monitoring ordering processes with external vendors. Key duties include monitoring inventory levels, analyzing production performance, and collaborating with procurement and sales teams to prevent delays.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed, daily/weekly/monthly production schedules to meet customer orders and sales forecasts.
• Monitor inventory levels of finished goods at external vendors
• Utilize MRP systems to order materials and manage inventory, ensuring data accuracy.
• Track production progress, analyze performance metrics, and prepare reports for management.
• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks, delays, or quality issues from external vendors
• Recommend solutions to enhance production quality, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.
• MRP master data: create and maintain the MRP master data in the system according to predefined set ups in collaboration with responsible external vendors
• Purchase Order: creation, monitoring, maintaining changes, confirmations and discrepancies
• Monitor exception reports of current purchase orders: daily tracking of current purchase orders in the system, remediate exception reports in collaboration with the supplier, escalation and information of missing parts and major deviations to the responsible party
• Expediting of deliveries: daily monitoring, processing and clarification of over-/due deliveries, escalation and information of missing parts and major deviations to the responsible procurement function
• Maintain accurate min/max, optimal order quantities
• Determine critical sunset items for product transition coordinate and track their usage

Qualifications

• Previous Experience is required in an Inventory Planner/Scheduler position.
• Prior experience resolving supply chain disruptions with minimum impact to budgets & production/operations
• Ability to influence internal & external stakeholders
• Be adaptable to manage competing demands & deal with frequent changes, delays or unexpected events

Benefits

• 401K with Company Match
• Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Time Off (PTO) Program
• Paid Holidays

Aebi Schmidt is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

EOE/M/Vet/Disabled.