Master Planner

Materion Corporation; Alabama; On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Materion Corporation in the United States seeks a hands-on Planner to develop and execute demand, production and inventory plans to meet sales and service objectives. The role collaborates with Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and others to achieve objectives.

You will establish production plans, monitor inventories, maintain demand, manage WIP with external vendors, and keep production on schedule while addressing backorders and capacity imbalances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (4 year) and at least 1 year of planning/scheduling experience in manufacturing using ERP software.
• Alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management.
• Or at least 5 years of manufacturing experience in the specialty metals industry with hands-on SAP experience.
• Export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology per ITAR/EAR.

Responsibilities

• Establish production and inventory plans that balance resources and meet customer requirements.
• Monitor inventories and material movements, report storage and inventory accuracy.
• Maintain new sales and transport order demand to ensure achievable due dates.
• Monitor and maintain all production orders and/or firm planned requirements from creation through completion.
• Manage WIP and scrap at outside vendors to ensure timely completion and priorities.
• Monitor backorders daily and take actions to resolve them where possible.
• Review work center loading vs available capacity with manufacturing to address overloads.

Education

Bachelor’s degree (4 Year) and at least 1 year of planning/scheduling experience within a manufacturing environment utilizing an ERP based software

Bachelor’s degree specific to Supply Chain Management

5+ years of manufacturing experience with SAP

Tools

SAP

Job description

At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. Join us!

Job Summary

This is a hands-on position responsible for developing and executing demand, production and inventory plans that will enable the organization to meet sales and serviceobjectives. Collaboration with other members of the Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Customer Service and Outside Vendors is paramount toachievethese sales and serviceobjectives.

You Will Have the Opportunity To:

• Establishes production and inventory plans that balances production resources, supports customer requirements andmeetscompany inventoryobjectives.

• Monitors assigned inventories and related material movements, reporting, materialstorageand inventory accuracy.

• Maintainsnew salesand transport order demand to ensure achievable due dates based on current loading and capacity availability.

• Monitors andmaintainsall production orders and/or firm planned requirements from creation through completion.

• Manages WIP and scrap at assigned outside vendors to ensure thetimelycompletion of orders and desired priorities are achieved

• Monitors backorders daily and implements actions to resolve the backorders if possible.

• Reviews work center loading versus available capacity with manufacturing toidentifyoverloading situations that may need to be addressed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (4 Year) and at least 1 year of planning/scheduling experience within a manufacturing environmentutilizingan ERP based software.

or

• ABachelor’sdegree specific to Supply Chain Management.

or

• A minimum of (5) years of manufacturing experience in the specialty metals industry with directhands onexperience with SAP software.

_The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR). _

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion’s business requirements.

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state and local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Materion’s Veteran Employee Resource group supports veterans and promotes the benefits of hiring veterans in the workplace. We honor all those who have served and are a military friendly company. Veterans are encouraged to apply and military experience and skills are transferrable to Materion careers.

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