Strategic Materials Planner & Scheduler (Auto)

MAU Workforce Solutions; Gray Court (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Opportunity for advancement

Job summary

MAU Workforce Solutions is hiring a Sr Materials Planner Scheduler for our Gray Court, SC client. You will coordinate production schedules, material flow, supplier communication, and logistics to ensure on-time deliveries.

This is a long-term contract opportunity (6 months with extension or direct-hire potential). Requires a Bachelor’s Degree, 0–3+ years in materials planning and two years in the automotive industry, plus ERP experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 0–3+ years in materials planning and/or customer planning within a manufacturing environment.
• 2 years in the automotive industry.
• Experience with an ERP system.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and improve information flow to ensure deliveries arrive at the right time, place, quantity, quality, and condition.
• Create demand plans and/or production schedules for internal or external suppliers based on customer demand.
• Perform assigned product launch activities in cooperation with internal and external suppliers and customers.
• Execute assigned activities in accordance with lean production principles while striving for total cost optimization.
• Develop, monitor, analyze, and improve KPIs for assigned logistics processes.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Coordinate process improvement, evaluation, and documentation activities with other departments.
• Analyze customer requirements, available inventory, and production capacities to develop production schedules and demand plans aligned with the official production program.
• Communicate daily with customers and suppliers to ensure parts and goods availability while maintaining inventory within established levels.
• Gather supplier performance information through regular communication and supplier audits conducted internally and externally.
• Serve as the primary liaison between customers, suppliers, and the organization while maintaining professional business conduct.
• Act as the main point of contact for issues involving assigned parts, goods, suppliers, and customers, including inventory discrepancies, data flow errors, and packaging shortages.
• Analyze root causes of issues and implement corrective and preventive actions to support continuous improvement.
• Define, communicate, agree upon, and report countermeasures when bottlenecks occur.
• Provide current logistics status information throughout the logistics organization and broader organization as required.
• Support and maintain stable production schedules.
• Utilize SAP, EDI, and other systems to monitor inventory, manage material flow, and communicate demand requirements internally and externally.
• Set parameters and maintain master data in SAP and other systems to ensure uninterrupted information flow.
• Continuously improve delivery reliability through process and procedure stabilization.
• Coordinate part and goods number changes with other departments to minimize obsolete and excess inventory.
• Assist in developing logistics department procedures and work instructions.
• Participate in departmental meetings to support planning, objective achievement, policy review, and performance evaluation.
• Perform other duties related to the position as assigned

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

0–3+ years of experience in materials planning and/or customer planning within a manufacturing environment

Two (2) years of experience in the automotive industry

Experience with an ERP system

Tools

ERP system

Job description

MAU Workforce Solutions is hiring a Sr Materials Planner Scheduler for our Gray Court, SC client. You will coordinate production schedules, material flow, supplier communication, and logistics to ensure on-time deliveries.

This is a long-term contract opportunity (6 months with extension or direct-hire potential). Requires a Bachelor’s Degree, 0–3+ years in materials planning and two years in the automotive industry, plus ERP experience.