Materials Planner

Mauser Packaging Solutions; South Brunswick (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Mauser Packaging Solutions in New Jersey is seeking a procurement and supply chain professional to manage raw material purchasing, inventory control and production planning. The role requires coordinating with vendors, expediting orders, and ensuring timely deliveries to support multiple production lines.

Strong experience in SAP, Excel and MS Office is essential, along with attention to detail and excellent communication skills to manage internal customers and supplier relations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with four years of experience or equivalent combination
• Procurement, inventory, production planning/scheduling, expediting or related experience (minimum four years)
• Strong attention to detail and high organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills to manage vendor relations and internal customers
• Strong computer skills; SAP experience preferred for planning, scheduling and order management
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Microsoft applications
• Demonstrated mathematical aptitude and data analysis skills
• Ability to multi-task in a busy manufacturing environment
• Process-oriented team player with knowledge of purchasing materials, inventory, and production processes

Responsibilities

• Follow safety, quality and GMP procedures to maintain a safe environment
• Oversee procurement of raw materials and packaging; manage supplier relationships
• Schedule, expedite and coordinate material flow to meet production needs
• Create and adjust purchase orders; manage deliveries and substitutions as needed
• Maintain SAP records and collaborate with production planner and warehouse manager
• Generate reports on resin inventory, spending, and inventory levels for leadership
• Track overdue materials and communicate status to stakeholders
• Participate in supplier evaluation and performance improvement initiatives

Skills

Procurement

Inventory

Production planning

Expediting

SAP

Excel

Microsoft Office

Analytical skills

Data management

Vendor relations

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

SAP

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsibilities

• Follow all safety and quality procedures and observe the operations to ensure a safe environment.
• Ensuring the compliance of “Food Product Safety” & “Product Quality” of the molded product, to meet the expectation of our customers.
• Follow all safety procedure, Food safety programs and GMPs.
• Manages the purchasing of raw material and packing materials for operations.
• Contact vendors to order supplies and ensure material required for a job will arrive on time and when needed
• Handle any potential delivery issues, including finding other options to get the job done on time.
• Communicate with other departments to provide status of materials being shipped to the site.
• Track and communicate status of overdue materials; seek out substitutions when needed.
• Work with warehouse team to conduct the inventory counts to ensure that all inventory is properly recorded in SAP system.
• Ensure inventory is accurate and organize at all items by maintaining inventory levels, supervising physical counts and updating adjustments according to policies.
• Participates in vendor selection and purchasing of the most critical items.
• Oversee the maintenance of records of purchasing, delivery dates, vendors, cost and other resources.
• Support production Planner/Warehouse manager and production system set up on SAP.
• Creates require reports to Corporate, i.e. Packaging, Resin inventory, SLOB, inventory, etc.
• Creates requisitions.
• Create and adjust Purchase Orders as needed.
• Create and maintain spreadsheets report such as resin, supplies spending, inventory, raw material, requisitions, purchasing orders, etc.
• Manage the movement of raw materials and work in process materials from point of origin to point of consumption
• Develop and maintain supplier performance measures
• Participate in and provide data for evaluation of supplier service performance and work with sourcing and suppliers to improve performance
• Tracking production volume and monitoring customer demand patterns and purchasing trends.
• Managing inventory issues, schedule changes, and cancellations.
• Responsible for the administration of procurement activities and day-to-day supplier management for assigned commodities and products
• Understands and follows Hazard Materials Regulations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and four years of experience preferably in Supply Chain or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of four years of procurement, inventory, production planning/scheduling, expediting or related experience
• Attention to detail is critical.
• Solid detail orientation and high organizational skills. Ability to manage several production lines at the same time
• Must have strong communications skills to manage vendor relations as well as internal customers.
• Strong computer skills required
• SAP experience preferred related to planning, scheduling and order management transactions
• Highly proficient in Excel and other Microsoft applications
• Demonstrated basic mathematical aptitude, skills in basic mathematical calculations.
• Strong analytical skills, excellent at managing data at a detailed level
• Ability to multi-task and work in a busy environment.
• Must be solutions and process-oriented team player, working to help improve the processes.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing activities including purchasing materials, inventory, quality engineering basics and production processes

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and climb or balance. The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

About Us

Do you want to work with people who are dedicated to innovation and making the world a better place? Do you want to build a career with a company that provides opportunities for growth and development?

Mauser Packaging Solutions is that company.

Our mission is to help our customers achieve better sustainability with their packaging. And we do that by giving our people the opportunity to do important work, solve interesting problems and be part of a diverse, forward-looking team.

At Mauser Packaging Solutions, you can be proud to work for a company that is always striving to innovate and serve customers better and help them be better stewards of the environment.

Whether you're a seasoned professional- or just beginning your career- there's a place where you can help make a difference at Mauser Packaging Solutions. Join us!

Mauser Packaging Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.