Material Planner

Knoll; East Greenville (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MillerKnoll in East Greenville, Pennsylvania seeks a material planning professional to manage inventory strategy and ensure on-time shipments to support manufacturing.

You will coordinate with suppliers, accounting, and operations to optimize material flow, reduce costs, and use RapidResponse, Tableau, and Excel for analytics. A 1–3 year background in supply chain and a business degree are preferred.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years proven supply chain management experience.
• High school diploma required; bachelor's degree preferred.
• APICS CPIM/CSCP/ISM certifications preferred.
• Familiar with material requirements planning and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with suppliers to assure on-time raw material flow.
• Communicate with Accounting and Purchasing to resolve invoicing issues.
• Execute inventory strategies to optimize space and cost.
• Support product lifecycle management on material strategies.
• Work with quality engineers to resolve supplier quality issues.
• Analyze data to track process improvements and KPIs.
• Utilize RapidResponse and supplier portals.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Teamwork

Lean concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in business

High school diploma

APICS CPIM/CSCP/ISM

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Tableau

RapidResponse

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Why join us?

Knoll uses modern design to connect people to their work, their lives, their world. Since 1938, we have been recognized internationally for creating workplace and residential furnishings that inspire, evolve, and endure. Our purpose is design for the good of humankind. It's the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Knoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows Knoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

GENERAL PURPOSE

Responsible for the material planning, delivery and execution of inventory strategy of raw material and purchased products to support manufacturing needs and customer on time shipments relative to suppliers.

Essential Functions

• Ability to travel to suppliers when required.
• Acts as a resource for decision-making and problem solving.
• Assure on-time raw material flow to Operations and/or Warehouse by coordinating with and communicating with suppliers, Inventory control, Purchasing, Operations, Engineering, etc.
• Communicate with Accounting, Purchasing, and Finance to resolve pricing, transportation, set up charges or other supplier related invoicing issues.
• Execute inventory strategies and investments to support manufacturing needs while ensuring the best possible utilization of inventory space and dollars and inventory accuracy to achieve inventory objectives.
• Support the development and implementation of new strategies relative to materials management processes including optimizing material flow, improving communication flow, and improving overall efficiency across MillerKnoll’s internal network and external suppliers.
• Ability to analyze data for problem solving, tracking of process improvements and overall tracking for goals and objectives.
• Ability to focus on and work towards mastery of planning software such as Rapid Response.
• Effectively utilize supplier collaboration and supplier portal systems
• Work with key stakeholders to support Product Lifecycle Management on material strategies, manufacturing needs, and supplier development in new product development and implementation as well as identifying opportunities to reduce MillerKnoll’s total material cost. (ie part consolidation, part design)
• Work with quality engineers to resolve quality related issues as needed. Responsible for resolution and communication of these issues with suppliers utilizing the MillerKnoll NCM system and other resources as needed.
• Work with, support, and initiate communication with Supplier Development Managers and Supplier Commodity Managers to ensure effective communication with and continued development of the supplier base, which includes training, communicating business needs, and articulating overall business capabilities.
• Perform additional responsibilities and support special projects as requested to achieve business objectives.

Additional Essential Functions

Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Education/Experience

• High school diploma required- Bachelor's degree in business or related field preferred
• Equivalent of one to three years proven supply chain management experience required
• Licenses and Certifications
• Supply Chain certifications such as APICS CPIM, CSCP or ISM preferred.

Skills And Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to work in an environment with frequently changing priorities, and with different tasks, responsibilities and people.
• Demonstrated ability to build networks and relationships both within and outside the organization.
• Demonstrated communication skills that can successfully explore alternatives and points of view to reach an agreement that all parties support and accept.
• A team player that can motivate and lead others to accomplish similar goals yet be able to work independently.
• Must possess a basic understanding of manufacturing, production, scheduling processes as well as overall business capabilities for both MillerKnoll and suppliers.
• Must have familiarity with material requirements planning, scheduling and lean concepts.
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• Must have a high level of customer focus.
• Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.
• Must be able to utilize Microsoft Excel, Teams and other Microsoft Suite products.
• Experience with Tableau or similar data visualization is preferred.
• Experience with Rapid Response or similar system is preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.

Who We Hire?

Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Knoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We're committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.

This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification. In general, MillerKnoll positions are closed within 45 days and are open for applications for a minimum of 5 days.

MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at [e-mail].