Material Planner - Conover, NC (onsite)
Haworth
- Conover, NC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
- 401K with company match
- 144 hours Paid Time Off Accrual by pay period
- Paid volunteer time off
- Bonus opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Parental Leave
- Manages inventory of assigned manufactured parts and/or purchased domestic parts to ensure material is available to support customer requirements while maintaining financial inventory objectives.
- Regularly reviews and understands work center and plant capacity requirements to ensure customer demands can be met.
- Applies appropriate optimization methodologies to balance service levels, inventory, and resource utilization.
- Develops and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to pre-established manufacturing sequences and lead times to produce executable schedule.
- Expedites orders through supply chain to ensure perfect execution.
- Maintains database for manufactured and or purchased parts to ensure successful processing of customer and supplier demands throughout item’s material list.
- Coordinates transportation between plants, transit to customers, receiving, and work centers to meet business needs.
- Monitors excess inventory, end-of-life, and lifetime buy analysis. Coordinates disposition of excess material and facilitates sale and disposal of usable material to eliminate obsolete materials.
- Participates in lean initiatives and conducts process reviews of current and future state to remove waste from process.
- Utilizes personal computer (PC) and keyboard/mouse while performing functions of position. Frequently exposed to production/manufacturing environment. Travels away from “home” offices to other Haworth locations and/or suppliers.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Management or Logistics or similar.
- One year material planning experience.
- Experience in electronics, automotive, or furniture manufacturing environment
- Knowledge and practical application of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system(s); prefer Systems, Applications, Processes (SAP) ERP knowledge.
- Ability to prioritize work activities based on emergent needs of business.
- Understanding of Just In Time (JIT) concepts, theory of constraints, and lean philosophy.
- Understanding of supply chain integration touch points from supplier through manufacturing.
- Math and analytical skills.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.