Materials Master Scheduler

Adient plc; Georgetown (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient plc Foamech facility in Kentucky seeks a Materials Planner responsible for ensuring all resources are informed of customer demand events and for maintaining the ERP system across material functions.

In this role you will create daily production schedules, coordinate MRP runs, track inventory variances, and communicate demand information plant-wide. Strong analytical and ERP skills are essential to support on-time delivery and procurement activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent.
• Experience in automotive supply chain preferred.
• Good attendance and adaptability to a participative environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains ERP system for material functions such as Item Master, BOM, ship to locations, and inventory parameters.
• Creates daily production schedules and records production output in the ERP system.
• Communicates demand variations and premium freight events to customers and plant-wide teams.
• Tracks inventory inaccuracies and works with Material Analysts on root causes.
• Lead point of contact for coordinating daily MRP runs and supplier schedule output.
• Supports safety, health and environmental investigations as required.

Skills

ERP maintenance

Production scheduling

MRP coordination

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management

Tools

ERP software

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION We are a global leader in automotive seating because of our people — a team of adventurous thinkers and passionate high performers who make it all possible. We pride ourselves on being at the vanguard of new industry trends and technologies. When you join Adient, you’ll play an important role in helping us improve the experience of a world in motion.

Summary:

This person is responsible for ensuring all resources are informed of customer demand events that may affect our delivery performance. This includes maintenance of the ERP system (Materials functions), demand variation communication and premium freight events.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains ERP system for all Material functional areas such as Item Master, BOM, ship to locations, and inventory parameters.
• Creates daily production schedules and ensures production output is recorded and posted into the ERP system.
• Communicates No Surprise Forms to customers when demand variations occur.
• Communicates demand information plant-wide for volume awareness.
• Reconciles Customer cum inaccuracies.
• Tracks all inventory related inaccuracies with Material Analysts for root cause identification.
• Responsible for ensuring the issue(s) are corrected.
• The main point of contact for coordinating MRP daily runs and Supplier Schedule Output.
• Tracks and submits Premium Freight events caused by customer.
• Responsible for creating packages for recovery.
• Responsible for Customer Delivery Ratings Performance.
• Materials lead for performing BOM Teardowns. And recording information found.
• Responsible to communicate, track and implement engineering changes as proposed by program management.
• This person is the lead point of contact for the Materials Department.
• Macro level support to all key performance measures of materials department that include inventory valuation, inventory accuracy, premium freight and production downtime.
• Actively participates in Health/Safety/Environmental investigations and the 8D process in order to develop root cause analysis for problem resolution as required.
• Reporting accidents, occupational illnesses, and HSE&E emergencies, and inform supervisor of known HSE&E conditions which could adversely affect other team members, assets or to the public.
• Ensures compliance with all safety procedures and ensures safe working procedures in assigned production areas.
• Responsible for BOS compliance to MMSA procedures as established by SCM.

Qualification Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor Level Degree in Supply Chain Management, or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience is desired, preferably in an automotive background.
• Must have a consistent employment record to include good attendance, and be capable of adapting to a participative work environment.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, blueprints and procedure manuals.
• Candidate has the ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability

• Candidate has the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Must be computer literate and familiar with appropriate software programs.
• Candidate has the ability to create visual aids for communication purposes.

PRIMARY LOCATION Foamech Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating.

With more than 65,000 employees in 29 countries, Adient operates ~200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process.

We take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year.

For more information, please visit www.adient.com.