Materials Planner

Auburn Hills, Michigan – Movement Search & Delivery   www.movementsearch.com/jobs   is working with a national tier-one supplier to the automotive industry. Due to recent growth in the company, they have opened a position for a Material Planner.

What you will do: The Material Planner is responsible developing/implementing plans for production, warehousing, inventory levels and delivery to meet internal and external customer demand with consideration of working capital, timing and available resources. The role communicates with the suppliers and outside processors on daily demand and delivery issues to include invoice concerns, while managing activities related to material requirements planning (MRP), procurement, inventory control and warehousing. The position establishes appropriate inventory targets and implement pull system (KanBan), analyzes/determines min/max levels of raw materials, WIP and finished goods in conjunction with master scheduler and capacity plan, and creates dispute reports for premium freight, rating violations and additional incidents directed by Material Manager. Additionally, the Material Planner monitors slow moving, obsolete and consigned material, assists in counting, repacking, creating shippers and or labels when behind schedule to internal and external customers, and ensures inventory locations for plant, warehouses and processors are accurate.

What you will need: Associate’s degree. Experience material planning in an automotive manufacturing environment. Experience in MRP with working knowledge of QAD, SAP, or Oracle with EDI transmissions. Document control and validation experience.

What we offer: Honest and transparent representation to our clients…  it’s what we do.

If you have ALL of the required qualifications for this position and are skeptical about sending in a resume to someone you have never spoken with, give us a call. We try to rise above the recruiting rhetoric by giving our contact information in order to provide you as much information as possible. We go to great lengths to work directly with the hiring managers for the positions we represent so our job descriptions truly reflect the needs of the organization.

Please send your resume and current compensation to:

Greg Giltner
[email protected]
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248-297-5305