Senior Material Planner: Materials & Inventory Lead

CrossFire Group; Mishawaka (IN); On-site; USD 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

CrossFire Group is seeking a Senior Material Planner in Mishawaka, IN to manage material availability, track shortages, review forecasts, and coordinate with vendors to ensure timely shipments. This role supports production by maintaining material flow and resolving receiving issues.

Responsibilities include issuing weekly vendor schedule releases, addressing MRP exceptions, assisting inventory control, and collaborating with AMG manufacturing teams to ensure material SAP systems are up to date.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.
• 1–3 years general experience in the field.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Good problem-solving and multitasking abilities.
• SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Research and track material shortages and communicate with involved departments.
• Review upcoming production forecasts and verify materials ordered correctly.
• Contact vendors daily by email and phone for timely shipments.
• Discuss past dues, constraints, and supplier process changes (SPC) and supplier resource (SRC) activities.
• Issue weekly Vendor Schedule Releases (VSR) and address MRP exceptions to prevent production interruptions.
• Assist in inventory control with requests and resolve receiving discrepancies.
• Assist accounts payable with receiving or invoicing concerns.
• Timely disposition of defective materials (DMs).
• Coordinate SPCs and SRCs with AMG manufacturing integration, AMG Quality, AMG Engineering and vendors.

Skills

Organizational skills

Effective communication

Multitasking

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Initiative

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

1-3 years general experience

Tools

Excel

SAP

Job description

CrossFire Group is seeking a Senior Material Planner in Mishawaka, IN to manage material availability, track shortages, review forecasts, and coordinate with vendors to ensure timely shipments. This role supports production by maintaining material flow and resolving receiving issues.

Responsibilities include issuing weekly vendor schedule releases, addressing MRP exceptions, assisting inventory control, and collaborating with AMG manufacturing teams to ensure material SAP systems are up to date.