Strategic Material Planner — Inventory & Procurement

900 Insituform Technologies, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k matching

Tuition assistance

Overtime pay

Paid time off

Job summary

Azuria Water Solutions seeks a Material Planner to support 4 manufacturing sites from an onsite office in Chesterfield, MO. You will collaborate with Procurement and Finance to optimize inventory, issue POs, and manage material flow.

The role requires 3+ years in procurement/planning, strong data analytics, and ERP/MRP proficiency. Expect ~20% travel and cross-functional teamwork across supply chain to reduce obsolescence and improve delivery performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, finance, or supply chain.
• 3+ years of experience in procurement, planning, or inventory management.
• Broad understanding of Supply Chain concepts, such as demand planning, buying, inventor management, and S&OP.
• Critical thinking skills with ability to independently mine, transform, and analyze large amounts of data using various systems and data analytics tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with using various ERP / MRP systems (JDE, SAP, Oracle, etc.).
• Ability to travel domestically ~20% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key stakeholders, creating and issuing purchase orders on all equipment and inventory related items.
• Managing material stocking levels (PFEP – Plan for Every Part) and strategies, accounting for economic and other risks to supply chain, to maximize days inventory on-hand and reduce technical / financial obsolescence.
• Conduct and lead annual and quarterly inventory. Manage expense material to optimize spending.
• Participate in daily production meetings (S&OP), and other production related rhythms reporting out on days on hand, in transit, open and past due PO’s.
• Expedite suppliers and redeploy material as needed to meet production needs.
• Monitor the in-and-out movement of equipment from various manufacturing sites and assist in all aspects of completing equipment for deployment to field.
• Monitor customer performance on deliveries and other contractual related KPI’s, working with supplier and Procurement to improve performance.
• Track price changes, updating existing purchase orders to ensure compliance with contracts and pricing agreed upon.
• Identify process improvement areas and digitization efforts (PowerBI). Work cross-functionally with Procurement and Finance on identifying cost out opportunities.

Skills

Data analysis

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, finance, or supply chain

Tools

JDE

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Azuria Water Solutions seeks a Material Planner to support 4 manufacturing sites from an onsite office in Chesterfield, MO. You will collaborate with Procurement and Finance to optimize inventory, issue POs, and manage material flow.

The role requires 3+ years in procurement/planning, strong data analytics, and ERP/MRP proficiency. Expect ~20% travel and cross-functional teamwork across supply chain to reduce obsolescence and improve delivery performance.