Materials Planning and Inventory Manager

Pratt Industries, Inc.; Lower Macungie Township (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pratt Industries, Inc. is seeking a pro-active inventory and purchasing professional in the United States to manage inventory levels, PO processes, and supplier communications.

You will work closely with the warehouse team to ensure on-time delivery and accurate stock levels. The role requires Bachelor’s degree and 3–5 years purchasing experience, with emphasis on inventory control in retail, packaging, or industrial distribution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3–5 years purchasing experience.
• Retail, Packaging, or Industrial Distribution inventory management experience.
• Detail-oriented with an ability to analyze large data.
• Must be able to multi-task and work well under pressure.
• Proficient with Excel; AS400 experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Learn to read production schedules and inventory reports to determine availability, quantity, and priority.
• Ensure accuracy of on-hand inventory.
• Manage Open Purchase Order (PO) reports and push/pull POs.
• Communicate daily inbound status with Warehouse Manager and inform management.
• Prepare and place POs for replenishment of inventory.
• Coordinate with vendors to expedite shipments and resolve issues.
• Coordinate with freight carriers to ensure on-time delivery and resolve invoicing discrepancies.
• Manage Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCARs) with root causes, corrective actions, and dispositions.

Skills

Inventory management

Excel proficiency

AS400 experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AS400

Job description

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for learning how to read and reading production schedules specific to OM Partners and inventory reports to determine availability of inventory needed, quantity, and priority.


• Directly responsible for accuracy of on hand inventory.


• Must manage the Open Purchase Order (PO) report and responsible for pushing and pulling POs in their plant.


• Confers with Warehouse manager to determined status of daily inbounds and informs necessary management of inbound status.


• Prepare and place POs for replenishment of inventory.


• Work with vendors to expedite shipments and resolve shipping issues.


• Work with freight carriers to assure on-time delivery and resolve invoice discrepancies.


• Responsible for managing Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCARs) within their plant and obtaining root causes , corrective actions, credit for nonconforming inventory, and dispositions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree


• 3 to 5 years purchasing experience


• Retail, Packaging, or Industrial Distribution inventory management experience


• Detailed-oriented with an ability to analyze and understand large volumes of data


• Must be able to multi-task and work well under pressure


• Proficient with Excel spreadsheets. Proven AS400 experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Excellent communication skills. Ability to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, operating instructions, and training and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, and volumes.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram (graphic) form. Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited information or standardization exists.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear, stand, and sit. Vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Some travel including international travel may be required. Travel should not exceed 25-50%

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Application knowledge and skill for computer data entry

Application knowledge of products and production processes