Material Planner: Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Alpitronic; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 68,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with 회사

Paid Time Off and company holidays

Job summary

Alpitronic is seeking a Material Planner to own material availability from demand signal through supplier delivery, using MRP to anticipate requirements and resolve shortages in a fast-moving manufacturing environment. You will collaborate with Production, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering and Quality to ensure materials meet schedules and support continuous production.

This on-site role in Charlotte, NC requires a bachelor’s degree and 3+ years in planning or purchasing.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in purchasing, planning, or materials management.
• Strong understanding of purchasing, corporate procurement processes, and production planning.
• Proficient with MS Office, especially Excel, and ERP/BI systems.
• Structured, independent, and detail-oriented with teamwork and adaptability.
• International experience.

Responsibilities

• Execute material planning activities through MRP, translating sales orders, forecasts, production schedules, BOM requirements, inventory levels, supplier lead times, and open supply into material requirements.
• Issue purchase orders, releases, and supplier schedules based on production requirements and material demand.
• Develop and maintain close relationships with international and domestic suppliers, ensuring timely deliveries, obtaining supplier commitments, and resolving delivery issues.
• Proactively identify and manage material shortages, past-due supply, and other constraints that could impact production schedules.
• Review MRP exceptions and take appropriate action, including expediting, de-expediting, rescheduling, increasing/reducing quantities, or canceling supply as requirements change.
• Maintain and communicate material shortage and readiness information to Production Planning, Production Control, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, Quality, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Program Planning and Production Control to ensure material availability and production readiness in support of manufacturing schedules.
• Manage and share material forecasts with suppliers based on sales orders, production schedules, forecasted demand, and historical consumption.
• Continuously optimize inventory levels and material-planning metrics, including stock levels, material availability, days of supply, inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, and past-due purchase orders.
• Monitor supplier acknowledgments, delivery commitments, and performance against required dates, escalating risks when supplier performance may impact production.
• Support the material impacts of engineering changes, BOM revisions, component substitutions, new product introductions, and material phase-in/phase-out activities.
• Coordinate with Quality, Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, and Production to resolve material issues related to rejected material, scrap, inventory discrepancies, substitutions, or other supply disruptions.
• Identify potential excess, obsolete, or slow-moving inventory and initiate actions to minimize inventory exposure while maintaining production continuity.
• Support accurate ERP/MRP master data by identifying issues related to lead times, order quantities, safety stock, planning parameters, and material availability.
• Manage urgent material issues and production-related supply emergencies, ensuring timely escalation to the appropriate departments and managers locally and globally

Skills

Excel

ERP systems

BI systems

Purchasing

Production planning

International experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Management Engineering, Economics, Logistics, or similar

Tools

MRP software

Job description

Alpitronic is seeking a Material Planner to own material availability from demand signal through supplier delivery, using MRP to anticipate requirements and resolve shortages in a fast-moving manufacturing environment. You will collaborate with Production, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering and Quality to ensure materials meet schedules and support continuous production.

This on-site role in Charlotte, NC requires a bachelor’s degree and 3+ years in planning or purchasing.