Senior Materials Planner

MAU Workforce Solutions; Gray Court (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Job summary

MAU Workforce Solutions is hiring a Sr Materials Planner Scheduler for our Gray Court, SC client. You will coordinate production schedules, material flow, supplier communication, and logistics to ensure on-time deliveries.

This is a long-term contract opportunity (6 months with extension or direct-hire potential). Requires a Bachelor’s Degree, 0–3+ years in materials planning and two years in the automotive industry, plus ERP experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 0–3+ years in materials planning and/or customer planning within a manufacturing environment.
• 2 years in the automotive industry.
• Experience with an ERP system.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and improve information flow to ensure deliveries arrive at the right time, place, quantity, quality, and condition.
• Create demand plans and/or production schedules for internal or external suppliers based on customer demand.
• Perform assigned product launch activities in cooperation with internal and external suppliers and customers.
• Execute assigned activities in accordance with lean production principles while striving for total cost optimization.
• Develop, monitor, analyze, and improve KPIs for assigned logistics processes.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Coordinate process improvement, evaluation, and documentation activities with other departments.
• Analyze customer requirements, available inventory, and production capacities to develop production schedules and demand plans aligned with the official production program.
• Communicate daily with customers and suppliers to ensure parts and goods availability while maintaining inventory within established levels.
• Gather supplier performance information through regular communication and supplier audits conducted internally and externally.
• Serve as the primary liaison between customers, suppliers, and the organization while maintaining professional business conduct.
• Act as the main point of contact for issues involving assigned parts, goods, suppliers, and customers, including inventory discrepancies, data flow errors, and packaging shortages.
• Analyze root causes of issues and implement corrective and preventive actions to support continuous improvement.
• Define, communicate, agree upon, and report countermeasures when bottlenecks occur.
• Provide current logistics status information throughout the logistics organization and broader organization as required.
• Support and maintain stable production schedules.
• Utilize SAP, EDI, and other systems to monitor inventory, manage material flow, and communicate demand requirements internally and externally.
• Set parameters and maintain master data in SAP and other systems to ensure uninterrupted information flow.
• Continuously improve delivery reliability through process and procedure stabilization.
• Coordinate part and goods number changes with other departments to minimize obsolete and excess inventory.
• Assist in developing logistics department procedures and work instructions.
• Participate in departmental meetings to support planning, objective achievement, policy review, and performance evaluation.
• Perform other duties related to the position as assigned

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

0–3+ years of experience in materials planning and/or customer planning within a manufacturing environment

Two (2) years of experience in the automotive industry

Experience with an ERP system

Tools

ERP system

Job description

MAU is hiring a Sr Materials Planner Scheduler for our client in Gray Court, SC.

As a Sr Planner Scheduler, you will ensure on-time deliveries for internal and external customers by coordinating production schedules, material flow, supplier communication, and logistics processes. This is a long-term contract opportunity (6 months with extension or direct-hire potential).

Benefits Package

• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement

Shift Information

• Monday–Friday
• 1st Shift

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 0–3+ years of experience in materials planning and/or customer planning within a manufacturing environment
• Two (2) years of experience in the automotive industry
• Experience with an ERP system

Preferred Education and Experience

• Technical understanding (e.g., blueprints)

General Requirements

• Proficient in Microsoft Office software (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Good written and oral communication skills, including presentations
• Broad knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within supply chain planning
• Experience with demand forecasting and/or planning methods
• Demonstrated ability to multitask, plan, and solve problems
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally
• Understand and comply with IATF-16949 and ISO 14000 requirements
• Support and comply with established Company Corporate Principles
• Effectively respond and communicate in a timely manner with internal and external customers
• Follow all company and customer policies, procedures, guidelines, and customer requirements as applicable

Essential Functions

• Create, maintain, and improve information flow to ensure deliveries arrive at the right time, place, quantity, quality, and condition
• Create demand plans and/or production schedules for internal or external suppliers based on customer demand
• Perform assigned product launch activities in cooperation with internal and external suppliers and customers
• Execute assigned activities in accordance with lean production principles while striving for total cost optimization
• Develop, monitor, analyze, and improve KPIs for assigned logistics processes
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external customers and suppliers
• Coordinate process improvement, evaluation, and documentation activities with other departments
• Analyze customer requirements, available inventory, and production capacities to develop production schedules and demand plans aligned with the official production program
• Communicate daily with customers and suppliers to ensure parts and goods availability while maintaining inventory within established levels
• Gather supplier performance information through regular communication and supplier audits conducted internally and externally
• Serve as the primary liaison between customers, suppliers, and the organization while maintaining professional business conduct
• Act as the main point of contact for issues involving assigned parts, goods, suppliers, and customers, including inventory discrepancies, data flow errors, and packaging shortages
• Analyze root causes of issues and implement corrective and preventive actions to support continuous improvement
• Define, communicate, agree upon, and report countermeasures when bottlenecks occur
• Provide current logistics status information throughout the logistics organization and broader organization as required
• Support and maintain stable production schedules
• Utilize SAP, EDI, and other systems to monitor inventory, manage material flow, and communicate demand requirements internally and externally
• Set parameters and maintain master data in SAP and other systems to ensure uninterrupted information flow
• Continuously improve delivery reliability through process and procedure stabilization
• Coordinate part and goods number changes with other departments to minimize obsolete and excess inventory
• Assist in developing logistics department procedures and work instructions
• Participate in departmental meetings to support planning, objective achievement, policy review, and performance evaluation
• Perform other duties related to the position as assigned

Working Conditions

• Manufacturing floor environment

Physical Demands

• Occasionally stand, sit, and use hands to handle, finger, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Occasionally reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally ascend stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally talk, hear, taste, or smell
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Requires close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus

MAU Workforce Solutions is an innovative global company with extensive experience providing solutions for success in staffing, recruiting, technology and outsourcing to our clients, employees, and applicants. Headquartered in Augusta, GA since 1973, MAU is a family and minority-owned company offering better processes and better people to create efficiencies and greater profits for our clients. Our relationships with world-class companies, our training programs and our culture of family allow MAU to offer better results, better jobs, and better lives to those who work with us.

All Applicants must submit to background check and drug screening

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position