Senior Materials Planner: Ensure On-Time Production

Tecan

Morgan Hill (CA)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 118,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Holiday benefits

401(k) match

Life Insurance

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Disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

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Pet insurance discount

Job summary

Tecan Morgan Hill, CA is hiring a Materials Planner to manage material availability for production and close supply gaps. This role focuses on planning, mitigating risks, and coordinating with customers and internal teams.

Key tasks include analyzing material requirements for 12–26 weeks, expediting as needed, and maintaining accurate data while leveraging ERP/MRP systems. A customer-facing profile and strong Excel skills are highly valued.

Qualifications

5–7 years of experience in materials planning, supply chain, or related field.
Experience with direct material purchasing or procurement.
Advanced Excel skills for reporting, data analysis, and scenario modeling.
Experience in a customer-facing supply chain role.
Experience with BOM analysis, shortage management, excess inventory resolution, and material risk mitigation.
Experience performing material impact analysis related to Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
Experience working in a manufacturing or production environment.
Experience using ERP/MRP systems.

Responsibilities

Analyze material requirements and kit demand for the upcoming 12–26 weeks.
Plan and commit kits based on material availability for assigned customers.
Identify material gaps that may prevent achievement of targeted kit drop dates.
Develop mitigation plans and elevate material issues that may jeopardize production or revenue.
Manage the purchase of customer-provided parts and materials as required.
Partner with Program Managers to ensure alignment between Tecan and customer requirements.
Provide customers with weekly excess material approval requests.
Follow the established workflow to obtain customer approvals and close excess material issues within the required timeframe.
Prepare and analyze the monthly Excess Resolution Report using Spotlight, including zero-demand and excess inventory with demand.
Validate material data, identify changes or discrepancies, and provide recommendations as needed.
Coordinate sales order entry for approved excess inventory sales.
Coordinate shipment of excess materials to customers.
Work with customers to coordinate purchase order changes resulting from final quantity variances.
Monitor buyer pull-in actions to ensure identified material gaps are resolved.
Run What-If analyses to support customer pull-in and push-out requests.
Perform material impact analysis and disposition activities associated with Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
Conduct quarterly BOM profile analyses to identify sole-sourced components, long-lead-time materials, risk buys, and potential obsolescence as part of the Material Mitigation Program.