Strategic Material Planner – Automotive JIS & Supply Chain

Vantage Point Recruiters, LLC.; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 104,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Full Benefits

Job summary

Vantage Point Recruiters, LLC. in Columbia, SC seeks a Material Planner for automotive manufacturing to ensure material availability at production plants and to report to the Manager, Material Planning.

The role focuses on Just-In-Sequence planning, coordinating with suppliers to deliver components in exact order and strengthening the supply chain across inbound/outbound logistics. A bachelor’s or master’s in a related field plus 4+ years of experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in business administration, supply chain management, logistics or related fields; or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of professional automotive production and logistics experience.
• Experience in automotive logistics focusing on JIS processes desirable.
• Strong technical, networking, hardware, and software skills; excellent problem-solving and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in developing, designing and implementing planning concepts and projects for the JIS disposition.
• Support suppliers in JIS processes such as transportation, infrastructure, packaging, scheduling, and equipment to ensure a cost optimal and reliable supply chain of parts.
• Initiate, coordinate, and enforce measures for the entire JIT activities (parts lists, disposition releases and their advance information, security circulations).
• Early identification of potential risks in the supply chain and development of countermeasures with cross‑departmental alignment.
• Clarification and sustainable elimination of problems of the JIT process.
• Identify, process, and maintain data for part inventory management and control, including examination of JIT supplier capacities.
• Develop, edit, monitor and optimize the material flow and delivery program and the production programs with JIT suppliers.
• Assume special tasks corresponding to the skills and duties of the job holder.

Skills

Networking knowledge

Hardware knowledge

Software knowledge

Process design

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in business administration or supply chain management

Tools

JIS systems

Job description

Vantage Point Recruiters, LLC. in Columbia, SC seeks a Material Planner for automotive manufacturing to ensure material availability at production plants and to report to the Manager, Material Planning.

The role focuses on Just-In-Sequence planning, coordinating with suppliers to deliver components in exact order and strengthening the supply chain across inbound/outbound logistics. A bachelor’s or master’s in a related field plus 4+ years of experience are preferred.