Supply Chain Planner

Avient Corporation; Avon Lake (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation in Avon Lake, OH is seeking a Supply Chain Planner to assist the Supply Chain Manager in developing and ensuring effective execution of processes within the assigned business unit's supply chains.

This role focuses on vendor management, capacity and production, logistics and data integrity, and balancing inventory with customer service levels and working capital targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• At least 3 years in supply chain planning in a manufacturing environment required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure production schedules are current and sequenced for maximum productivity and to fulfill customer delivery requirements.
• Oversee materials and inventories of assigned locations.
• Monitor production activity to provide a controlled flow of materials to meet production requirements.
• Address Non-Working, Slow-Mmoving (NWSM) inventory and consider redeployment, relabeling, or procurement changes as needed.
• Ensure maintenance of production scheduling and recordkeeping in SAP.

Skills

Forecasting

Inventory management

Production scheduling

Vendor management

SAP

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Supply Chain Planner is responsible for assisting the Supply Chain Manager in developing and ensuring effective execution of the processes within the assigned business unit's supply chains. This position's responsibilities are to support all supply chain processes, specifically: vendor management, capacity and production, logistics and schedule data integrity. In addition, managing inventory levels and capacity to meet customer service levels and working capital targets for the business is critical.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Under general direction, ensures that production schedules are current and sequenced for maximum productivity and fulfill customer delivery requirements.
• Oversee materials and inventories of assigned locations.
• Checks production activity to provide a controlled flow of materials timed to meet production requirements.
• Regularly monitor and address Non-Working, Slow-Moving (NWSM) inventory. Resolution may involve: redeployment to another location, re-labeling to a co-spec, obtaining technical approval to consume, vendor return, modifying procurement strategy, etc.
• Evaluate/incorporate/generate ideas for new SAP technology to improve overall SIPS operations (i.e. forecasting, reorder point, needed reports/capabilities, etc.).
• Works with management to organize schedule changes due to backlogs, design changes, and material/labor shortages.
• Ensure the maintenance of production scheduling and recordkeeping in SAP.

Bachelor's degree required.

At least 3 years in supply chain planning in a manufacturing environment required.

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, [e-mail].