Material Planner I

Location

Frederick, MD | United States

Job description

The Materials Planner will develop the raw materials requirements plan, work with suppliers to acquire raw materials delivery commitments, and align production schedules deliveries.  The role will balance the required and available material to optimize service, working capital and material costs given network lead times and order quantities among others. This individual is encouraged to make decisions on behalf of supply planning when engaging with other functional areas (such as capacity planning, procurement, manufacturing and finance). Decisions may need to be approved by a supervisor or manager if they fall outside of the predefined threshold defined by the business processes.  The successful candidate for this role is an analytical problem solver and a strong communicator with an eye for detail.

​ What will you do?

• Monitor supply plans to identify changes and to understand their impact on material requirements schedules.
• Work closely with production planning and scheduling teams to ensure proper coverage and accurate schedules.
• Establish and own critical inventory parameters - such as ABC classification and safety stock settings, replenishment quantity and launch quantity - taking into account constraints and input, such as lead time and order cycle time.
• Develop and maintain material planning assumptions in conjunction with purchasing, planning, manufacturing operations, logistics/warehousing and commercial teams, including safety stocks, lead times, order quantities, campaign, supplier delivery performance or production strategy, batch yields and cycle times.
• Facilitate weekly supply planning meetings with key suppliers, where required, and ensure gaps between demand and supply are clearly understood and communicated, and appropriate actions are in place to resolve.
• Align with critical suppliers on availability and key risks and constraints on short and midterm.
• Report on back orders, short stock, excess items and slow-moving inventory to the parties concerned.
• Be accountable, measure, analyze and report key process metrics, and monitor adherence to key performance indicators such as inventory, on-time delivery, and availability.
• Participate in problem solving activities and drive back-order reduction efforts.
• Improve and upgrade material planning systems and reporting.
• Manage material quality nonconformances with the supplier ensuring supply risk is minimized while supplier identifies root cause and assign countermeasures to prevent recurring event.
• Update internal specifications as required to ensure material are delivered and received right the first time.

How will you get here?

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or other business-related function or relevant experience is preferred.
• HS diploma required.
• Embodies our Thermo Fisher values of Integrity, Involvement, Intensity and Innovation.

Experience

• 1-3 years of relevant procurement and planning experience in a manufacturing supply chain.
• Experience in the Life Science, Medical Device, or highly regulated industry is desirable.
• Certification in CPIM or CSCP desirable.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong analytical skills combined with practical business knowledge to drive sustaining results with intensity.
• Ability to clearly communicate results of analysis in verbal and written format to different levels in the organization.
• Ability to work well in a global matrix, cross-functional teams within Operations and with internal and external customers/suppliers.
• Proficiency in SAP, JDE, or another major ERP system.
• Understanding of material requirements scheduling and planning concepts.
• Ability to use technology tools and translate data into high-level analysis to facilitate collaboration with and education of key leaders toward desired business outcomes.
• Fluent in Microsoft Windows and Office (Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint).

We offer competitive salary, an annual incentive bonus plan, 401K with company match up to 6%, tuition reimbursement, and a range of other employee benefits!

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