Strategic Materials Planner & Inventory Optimizer

Acuity; Crawfordsville (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity is seeking a Materials Planner to analyze supply plans and current demand to determine material requirements, ensuring materials are available to support manufacturing operations.

You will manage inventory, generate requisitions through Oracle, maintain MRP and Kanban parameters, and collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and engineering to optimize service levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 3–5 years of material planning or procurement experience.
• Experience with MRP and Kanban planning.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to balance material availability with production needs.
• Experience using Oracle to generate material requisitions.

Responsibilities

• Analyze supply plans and determine material requirements based on demand and inventory.
• Generate material requisitions through Oracle.
• Make pull-in and push-out decisions based on plan changes.
• Maintain MRP and Kanban items to ensure service levels.
• Create and monitor internal orders.
• Maintain planning categories and sourcing rules.
• Monitor inventory on hold or quarantine.
• Support engineering changes and new product introductions.
• Participate in inventory reduction and optimization initiatives.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Engineering.

Skills

Supply planning

Oracle

Production planning

MRP Kanban

Internal orders

Planning categories

Inventory on hold

Engineering changes

Inventory optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education Bachelor's

Experience 3-5 years

Lean manufacturing

Supply chain knowledge

Inventory management

Data maintenance

Analytical/communication/problem‑solv

Education

Bachelor's degree

3-5 years experience

Tools

Oracle ERP

MRP

Kanban

Job description

Acuity is seeking a Materials Planner to analyze supply plans and current demand to determine material requirements, ensuring materials are available to support manufacturing operations.

You will manage inventory, generate requisitions through Oracle, maintain MRP and Kanban parameters, and collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and engineering to optimize service levels.