Materials Planner - Intermediate

Adecco; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Voluntary benefits

EAP program

Commuter benefits

401K plan

Job summary

Adecco is hiring a Materials Planner in Austin, TX to manage production control, inventory, and MRP integrity. You will maintain SAP Production Order release schedules, perform shortage analysis, and ensure material availability for manufacturing and engineering teams.

The role requires coordination across floor audits, production meetings, and shop floor control activities, with the potential to adjust lead times based on real-time conditions. Competitive hourly pay is offered.

Responsibilities

• Specializes in planning activities: production control, inventory control, process control or MRP integrity
• Maintains SAP Production Order release schedule to ensure material availability and on-time manufacturing
• Performs pre-shortage analysis and production order variance analysis
• Reviews MRP execution for accuracy; reconciles supply and demand; validates master scheduling and ECO dispositions
• Participates in floor audits with Finance and resolves WIP issues
• Attends production meetings and provides status on material shortage commit dates
• Adjusts make-level lead times based on shop floor reality
• Manages materials for special engineering projects with engineers and shop floor teams
• Analyzes usage data and stock levels to order parts to meet service levels; expedites shortages
• Examines material variances and communicates complex problems to management
• Assists in setting up inventory systems or modifying existing ones; assigns expediting duties
• May manage obsolete inventories
• Participates in PCI root-cause analysis and drives cycle counting

Job description

Adecco is hiring immediately for a Materials Planner with a local client in Austin, TX. Pay is $29.00 per hour.

Shift: Monday-Friday 8am – 5pm OT when required

Key Responsibilities

• Employees may specialize in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP) integrity
• Maintains SAP Production Order release schedule that provides material on-time to manufacturing and engineering. Reschedules and/or completes all production orders as required.
• Increases component availability at time of release by performing pre-shortage analysis. Performs production order variance analysis.
• Reviews MRP execution and ensures accuracy of information; reconciles supply and demand; validates master scheduling and/or PDS requirements. Reviews and ensures proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECO's). Performs regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy
• Participates in floor audits with Finance and resolves WIP issues.
• Attends production meetings and provides status on material shortage commit dates.
• Changes "make" level lead times in accordance with reality on the manufacturing floor.
• Works with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects. May work with work centers on shop floor control activities.
• Inventory Control – Analyzes usage data and stock levels to order parts to satisfy service levels; maintains inventory levels per plan and expedites shortages; may forecast spare parts needs.
• Examines material variances, resolves problems where possible, and/or communicates more difficult problems to management.
• Assists in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems, when necessary; assigns appropriate expediting duties to expediters.
• May manage obsolete inventories.
• Process Control – Participates in identifying root cause and corrective action from PCI reporting and metrics, drives cycle counting.

Pay Details

$25.00 to $29.00 per hour

Benefits

• Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs.Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria.
• Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

Fair Chance Laws

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Massachusetts Candidates Only:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.