Materials Planner

TriEnda Holdings, LLC.; Portage (WI); In loco; USD 55.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Kruger Family Industries, the North America leader in thermoformed plastics, is seeking a Materials Planner to order materials, supplies, tools and inventory to meet production and shipping schedules. The role requires coordination with manufacturing, maintenance and vendors to maintain data integrity and timely deliveries.

Responsibilities include expediting orders as needed, preparing purchase orders, maintaining procurement records, and ensuring compliance with quality and environmental

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree from a four year college or university preferred.
• Experience with sourcing / procurement or equivalent combination of education and experience
• ERP/MRP experience is desirable.

Mansioni

• Communicates timely and effectively with internal customers on order status.
• Procures products, materials, and services considering cost, terms, quality, reliability and timing.
• Ensures timely flow of materials to meet production and shipping schedules; expedites as needed.
• Selects products for purchase by testing or inspection.
• Estimates values based on market knowledge.
• Prepares purchase orders for required materials and services.
• Maintains procurement records like costs, delivery, quality, and inventories.
• Discusses defects with inspection or quality to determine causes and corrective actions.
• Expedites delivery to users.
• Collaborates with Sourcing Specialist and Manager on sources or pricing changes.
• Familiar with company quality and environmental standards.

Conoscenze

Communication

Attention to detail

Time management

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Strumenti

ERP/MRP

Descrizione del lavoro

At Kruger Family Industries, parent company of Penda Corporation and TriEnda Holdings, our passion is to bring great products to life through an exceptional area of thermoformed solutions. We are the North America leader in heavy gauge thermoformed plastics. We are committed to delivering highly engineered, high quality material handling products and automotive accessories that reduce the weight and cost of traditional composite, fiberglass, wood and metal products, making this an opportunity to work in an innovative environment during an exciting growth phase.

Summary

The Materials Planner is responsible for ordering materials, supplies, tools, inventory

and any other tangible items the Company requires. The Materials Planner works with

manufacturing and maintenance to ensure that all supplies and inventory are ordered to

meet production and shipping schedules and communicates directly with vendors.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Communicates timely and effectively with internal customer on status of orders and make appropriate changes to maintain system and reporting data integrity
• Responsible for obtaining assigned products, materials & services with consideration to cost, terms, quality, source reliability & timing
• Ensures timely flow of materials required to meet production and shipping schedules. Expedites purchased materials as needed to ensure prompt delivery
• Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items
• Estimates values according to knowledge of market price
• Prepares purchase orders for all required materials and services
• Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action
• Expedites delivery of goods to users
• Works with Sourcing Specialist and Manager on materials that are required that do not have approved sources or when vendors are indicating a pricing change
• Knowledgeable on company’s current quality & environmental standards

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/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree from a four year college or university preferred; Prior experience in sourcing / procurement; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with ERP/MRP is desirable.

The work environment characteristics described in this section are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The majority of time will be spent in the office area; however, the employee will spend time in the production areas.

The production area temperatures can fluctuate significantly based on the time of year. The noise levels can be moderate to high. The use of hearing protection and safety eyewear is required while on production floor. The use of additional specific safety equipment may be required. The noise level in the office is usually quiet. The noise level in production is usually moderate.

Work Availablity And Travel

Must have the ability to work all shift schedules, periodic overtime and be available for periodic weekend work.

KFI is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

This is a direct-hire opportunity with KFI. KFI is interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.