Sr. Material Planner

CrossFire Group; Mishawaka (IN); Sur place; USD 39 000 - 43 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

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.

Responsabilités

• 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.

Connaissances

Organizational skills

Effective communication

Multitasking

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Initiative

Formation

Bachelor's degree preferred

1-3 years general experience

Outils

Excel

SAP

Description du poste

Senior Material Planner$28-31/hr

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Research and track your deck of materials for shortage(s) activity and communicate shortages to all people/depts involved
• Review future production forecast and check materials ordered correctly
• Contact vendors daily via email and phone for timely shipments
• Discuss past dues, upcoming material constraints, shipping and receiving details, Supplier Process Changes (SPC) and all Supplier Resource (SRC) activities
• Issue weekly releases VSR (Vendor Schedule Release), and address MRP exceptions to ensure no production interruptions
• Assist in inventory control with inventory requests and resolving receiving discrepancies (missing ASN, paperwork and receipts)
• Assist accounts payable with any receiving and or invoicing concerns
• Timely disposition of DMs (Defective Materials)
• Work all SPC’s and SRC’s with AMG manufacturing integration, AMG Quality, AMG Engineering and vendors

Knowledge and Skills

• A bachelors degree is preferred, but not required, along with one to three years of general experience in this field
• Strong organizational skills and proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft applications
• High level of initiative required and expected
• Must be able to effectively communicate both verbal and written, be extremely accurate in quality of work, and be able to work independently
• Good problem-solving skills and ability to multitask is required
• SAP experience preferred

Physical Effort

Sight: Must be able to regularly read computer screen, reports, and various documents with detail and clarity to accomplish work tasks in a safe and efficient manner, including regular use of adequate close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus

Hearing

Must be able to regularly hear well enough to communicate

Working Conditions

This position operates between an office and manufacturing plant environment and is often assigned to a specific shift or hours. The Employee must be able to perform job functions in an environment with varying difficult work conditions such as extreme cold, heat, inclement weather, at heights, and/or while exposed to constant/intermittent loud noises

Physical Location

This position operates between an office and manufacturing plant environment and is often assigned to a specific shift or hours. The Employee must be able to perform job functions in an environment with varying difficult work conditions such as extreme cold, heat, inclement weather, at heights, and/or while exposed to constant/intermittent loud noises

Teamwork

This position will work with others to ensure efficiency in the workplace

Listening Skills

This position will need to understand how to use machinery properly and safely to prevent accidents and ensure all tasks are completed accurately

Ability to follow instructions

Managers assign tasks and responsibilities, which vary; this position should be able to follow instructions competently

Methodical approach

Production lines follow a set process, so this position needs a methodical approach to ensure all tasks are completed in the correct order for a smooth-running production line

Concentration

This position may perform the same or similar tasks repeatedly, so a strong level of concentration when carrying out these tasks is important for quality control purposes. This role is often fast paced, so being able to maintain focus at all times is important

Travel Requirements

No travel required

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