Sr Materials Planner

Advanced Energy; Colorado; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Energy in Denver, CO is seeking a Sr Materials Planner to lead NPI scheduling and release, coordinating with R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Quality to ensure on-time product readiness.

The role focuses on planning and monitoring PDP stages, ensuring material availability, managing ECOs, and maintaining SAP BOMs while guiding junior planners in a fast-paced engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to present ideas clearly in writing and in speech.
• Respond quickly, decisively, and professionally to changing requirements in demand, design and program objectives.
• Excellent judgment and initiative to balance multiple priorities.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills; multicultural experience a plus.
• MS Office skills: Excel, Word and PowerPoint; familiarity with SAP/ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the PDP.
• Coordinates production plans for new products ensuring availability of material to meet project schedules.
• Manages on-time-delivery goals of products by committed ship date.
• Resolves capacity, material constraints and other potential schedule interruptions.
• Approves unit quantities, schedules and parts lists for material control and issuance to ensure timely receipt of production material requirements.
• Manages and implements NPI Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
• Coordinates with engineering to create and maintain BOMs in SAP.
• Manages the release of parts, modules, and/or units to appropriate department in production.
• Creates and maintains work orders, purchase requests and internal transfer orders.

Skills

MS Office

Excel

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Project

Job description

Sr Materials Planner

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE's power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

WHY BE A PART OF ADVANCED ENERGY?

Some people say it's like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company - you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we're a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years. We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best-in-class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together. At our core, we are Advanced Energy - powering the future, together.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Engineering Planners manage New Product Introduction (NPI) scheduling and release processes required to successfully design, build, and transfer new products from AE's global design centers into manufacturing. Collaborate with development teams to ensure all NPI deliverables are met. Function as a liaison between R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Quality to coordinate product schedules.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the complete Product Development Process (PDP)
• Coordinates production plans for new products ensuring availability of material to meet project schedules
• Manages on-time-delivery goals of products by committed ship date
• Works to resolve capacity, material constraints and other potential schedule interruptions
• Approves unit quantities, schedules and parts lists provided to the material control organization to ensure timely and complete ordering, as well as receipt and issuance of production material requirements
• Manages and implements NPI Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
• Coordinates with engineering to create and maintain Bill of Material (BOMs) in SAP
• Manages the release of parts, modules, and/or units to appropriate department in production
• Creates and maintains work orders, purchase requests and internal transfer orders

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Works in a high-pressure environment under limited supervision
• Works in a standard office environment and uses general office equipment
• Must be able to navigate through the production and engineering environment, following the processes and procedures dictated in manufacturing and engineering
• Primarily works in an engineering environment which may be noisy and fast-paced
• The product being produced might have high voltage and current conditions; appropriate precautions must be observed

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner, both orally and in writing
• Capability to respond quickly, decisively, assertively, and professionally to changing requirements in demand, product design and program objectives
• Excellent judgment and initiative, including the ability to effectively balance multiple priorities
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills must be superior. Multicultural experience is a plus
• Demonstrated MS Office skills, Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Microsoft Project Schedule management desired
• Uses initiative and judgment to solve problems independently.
• Trains new or lower level planners and provides leadership and task related supervision.
• Provides leadership to the department in manager's absence
• Act as a focal point and project/program leader within team.
• Possesses leadership skills that will effectively direct a team
• Has the ability to manage team priorities and demonstrates a high level of initiative.
• Has the ability go above and beyond the normal responsibility scope to support internal customers globally when and where necessary

EXPERIENCE:

• 3-5 years in Purchasing/Planning environment
• Basic understanding of manufacturing planning/scheduling and the processes associated with MRP/ERP
• Proven track record of success and growth in positions of increasing responsibility
• Previous experience with SAP desired or preferred
• Experience working in a team and group setting with upper-level managers
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