Materials Scheduler

Eaton Corporation; La Grange (NC); On-site; USD 71,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation's La Grange, NC facility is seeking a Materials Scheduler to join our onsite team. You’ll drive MRP planning, scheduling, and expediting finished goods and components to meet production targets and inventory goals.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and experience with SAP or Oracle ERP, plus strong Excel skills. Relocation is not provided and candidates must reside within 50 miles of La Grange, NC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 1+ year in supply chain, planning, or scheduling.
• Experience with SAP or Oracle ERP.
• Must reside within 50 miles of La Grange, NC.

Responsibilities

• Review orders, capacity, and inventory to create schedules meeting production requirements.
• Create daily/weekly work center schedules and mitigate bottlenecks.
• Support material replenishment to ensure necessary materials.
• Analyze material requirements and SAP setup of parts.

Skills

MRP planning

Scheduling

Expediting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAP

Oracle ERP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Eaton’s Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) division is currently seeking a Materials Scheduler. This role is onsite at our La Grange, NC facility. Relocation is not provided.

The La Grange, NC facility specializes in injection molding, conduit fittings and cable glands, plugs and receptacles, as well as drilling and marine products. The team is driven by a strong commitment to growth, innovation, problem-solving, and operational efficiency, and places significant value on talented professionals who embrace challenges and contribute to continuous improvement.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $71000 - $105000 a year. Please note the salary information shown is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

This position is responsible for performing diversified duties related to MRP planning, scheduling, and expediting finished goods and components to support strategic inventory goals.

In this role you will:

• Review customer orders, plant capacity, and inventory to develop schedules to meet production requirements.
• Create daily or weekly schedules of work centers as needed while mitigating capacity constraints or bottlenecks.
• Support material replenishment and orders to ensure manufacturing always has the required direct or indirect materials.
• Analyze material requirements, SAP set up of parts, safety stock review & update.
• Respond timely to MRP action messages with designated tools to ensure raw materials and packaging components are available at the right time and quantities are in place to support the production plan.
• Maintain strong working relationships and communications with key suppliers to confirm production/shipping schedules.
• Manage removals of excess or obsolete and its disposition.
• Support reporting and other correspondence for use by Eaton SCM professionals.
• Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of all materials, including timely resolution, communication, and mitigation of future potential problems.
• Expedites orders with suppliers to avoid shortages and communicate updates to team.
• Review/checking of applicable purchasing documentation (BOM, REQ, PO, other as appropriate).
• Order component parts and outside secondary operation services through SAP.
• Perform inventory audits as required.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications:

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in a supply chain related role such as procurement, planning, or scheduling.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience with SAP or Oracle ERP systems.
• No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within a 50-miles radius of La Grange, NC to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1, H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, 1-485 job profitability, etc.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a supply chain related role within a manufacturing environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Prior experience with SAP or Oracle ERP systems

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