Materials Planning & Purchasing Lead

The Overhead Door; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The Overhead Door in Pensacola, FL seeks an experienced professional to manage purchasing, planning, inventory control and master production scheduling (MPS) in a build-to-order environment.

Responsibilities include creating feasible production schedules, issuing daily schedules, coordinating intercompany material movements, driving material demand, and negotiating site pricing. Strong Oracle ASCP and ERP experience is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in discrete manufacturing planning, scheduling and purchasing using MRP/ERP systems (Oracle preferred) with 2 years of leadership experience.
• Heavy experience in material planning, purchasing and inventory management.
• APICS certification is highly desirable.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Excel-based planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop valid, feasible production schedules for finished goods and components based on equipment, labor and material availability.
• Provide daily production schedules to manufacturing for finished goods and build-to-stock subassemblies.
• Coordinate intercompany movements of materials and products.
• Drive material demand for Purchasing and monitor availability to support production.
• Manage purchasing to leverage commodity structure, identify alternatives, and procure high-volume items.
• Negotiate site pricing and develop cost-benefit analyses with commodity sourcing.
• Act as Senior Buyer to execute daily purchasing tasks for production needs at both factories.
• Determine order promising ship dates based on material availability, schedules and capacity.
• Lead efforts to reduce inventories while maintaining customer service levels.
• Maintain capacity plan and material forecast for readiness and fulfillment.
• Review New Product Introductions and promotions to ensure supply chain support.
• Interact with sales, marketing, Supply Chain, Operations and manufacturing to achieve objectives.
• Utilize Oracle ASCP effectively and keep master scheduling data timely.

Education

Bachelor degree with emphasis in Business or Technical field

APICS certification

Tools

Oracle ASCP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Overhead Door in Pensacola, FL seeks an experienced professional to manage purchasing, planning, inventory control and master production scheduling (MPS) in a build-to-order environment.

Responsibilities include creating feasible production schedules, issuing daily schedules, coordinating intercompany material movements, driving material demand, and negotiating site pricing. Strong Oracle ASCP and ERP experience is required.