Materials & Planning Lead: Inventory, WMS & Scheduling

Meiden America Switchgear, Inc.; South Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

Meiden America Switchgear, Inc. seeks a Materials & Planning Manager to lead production planning, inventory control, and warehouse operations.

You will ensure material readiness, and drive improvements with ERP, WMS, Excel, and Power BI to support safe, accurate, and efficient operations. The role emphasizes execution, accountability, and team development, turning direction into action and building a self-sustaining planning organization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing, warehousing, inventory control, production planning, materials management, logistics, or related operations.
• Experience leading supervisors preferred.
• Advanced Excel, Power BI, SAP, WMS, automation, and AI-enabled workflow experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead production planning by developing achievable production plans based on capacity, material availability, and operational constraints.
• Monitor production plan achievement and drive recovery actions with other departments when commitments are missed.
• Coordinate with Production, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and other departments to surface constraints early and resolve issues effectively.
• Lead inventory control processes, including cycle counting, reconciliation, transaction discipline, and physical inventory preparation.
• Improve inventory accuracy and bin location accuracy through standard work, audits, WMS usage, and follow-up discipline.
• Manage warehouse operations including receiving, storage, material movement, picking, kitting, and material presentation to production.
• Reduce warehouse-controlled material shortages and ensure materials are available when production work is released.
• Lead the documentation and implementation of part-serving processes, beginning with one full production line and expanding over time.
• Serve as department owner and implementation leader for WMS deployment, training, process adoption, and long-term sustainment.
• Use ERP, WMS, Excel, Power BI, and other tools to improve visibility, accuracy, decision-making, and team efficiency.
• Define, track, and report KPIs related to planning, inventory, warehouse, material readiness, WMS adoption, and supervisor ownership.

Skills

Leadership

ERP knowledge

Excel

Power BI

WMS

Lean 5S

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Meiden America Switchgear, Inc. seeks a Materials & Planning Manager to lead production planning, inventory control, and warehouse operations.

You will ensure material readiness, and drive improvements with ERP, WMS, Excel, and Power BI to support safe, accurate, and efficient operations. The role emphasizes execution, accountability, and team development, turning direction into action and building a self-sustaining planning organization.