Material Analysis Invent

Quanta Manufacturing Nashville; La Vergne (TN); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Quanta Manufacturing Nashville is seeking a production planning specialist responsible for material supply and work order management. You will determine material readiness, create BOM-informed plans, and drive improvements with engineering and operations to ensure readiness for production.

The role requires 2–4 years in procurement/planning, strong Excel skills, and ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams across regions. Experience with SAP and international sourcing is a plus.

Qualifications

• Requires BS/BA in Materials, Operations, or Business.
• 2–4 years of experience in procurement, planning, and production/capacity planning.
• Understanding of Bills of Materials and work order processing.
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel.
• Strong problem-solving and independent decision-making in a team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for internal/external customers.
• ERP experience; SAP is a significant advantage.
• Experience with international sourcing is preferred.
• Mandarin Chinese ability is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Plan material supply and create plans for work orders to meet customer requirements.
• Identify material shortages and report status; track inbound shipments.
• Create production build plans considering capacity and orders.
• Release work orders with clear to build status and optimize capacity use.
• Coordinate release of work orders to ensure material readiness and customer satisfaction.
• Support rework projects by analyzing BOM and generating rework work orders.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations to create instructions and ensure readiness.
• Maintain open communications on status and issues with management and teammates.
• Engage in Asia-based calls as needed due to time zone differences.

Connaissances

MS Excel

Facilitation

Interpersonal skills

Formation

BS or BA in Materials/Operations/Business

Outils

SAP

Description du poste

• Employee Type Full Time Exempt

Contact information

Description

POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for activities involving production planning, material supply, and work order management. Determines order material readiness and generates work orders to meet customer requirements. Creates plans for product rework through analysis of product BOM structure and works with engineering and operations to ensure capability and readiness. Drives solutions for issues related to material supply and customer service level.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for material support status including identification and reporting of material shortages and tracking of in-bound shipments.
• Highlights and expedites material shortages through the Asia sales and procurement team
• Creates the production build plan considering capacity, customer orders, and projected material status.
• Determines clear to build status for Work Order release to production.
• Plans, communicates and coordinates the release of Work Orders to optimize material clear to build status, utilization of capacity, and support of customer requirements.
• Supports rework project by reviewing requirements and analysis of product BOM structure to determine parts to remove and parts to add to complete the rework, and generates rework work orders.
• Works with engineering and operations to create work instructions, establish system transactions, provide packaging requirements, complete training of operators, and ensure all aspects of the rework project are considered and readiness of operations prior to rework work order release.
• Maintains consistent and open communication of status and issues with management and co-workers.
• Participate in conference calls with the Asia sales team as needed, including calls outside of regular business hours due to time zone differences.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• BS or BA degree –Materials, Operations, or Business preferred.
• 2-4 yrs experience and knowledge of a variety of manufacturing activitiesincluding procurement, planning, and production/capacity planning.
• Understanding of Bill of Materials and work order processing.
• Proficiency in MS Office software (especially excel) required.
• Strong facilitation and problem solving skills with the ability to make independent decisions while working in a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and able to interact in a professional manner with internal and external customers.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• ERP System experience, SAP is a significant advantage.
• Experience with international sourcing strongly preferred.
• Ability to speak Mandarin Chinese a definite plus.