Bilingual Material Planner (English & Korean)

Responsibilities

• Reviews, analyzes, and resolves expectations and error reports from master data management and ERP planning modules
• Establish and monitor finished goods inventory levels to ensure on-time compliance to customer release requirements while minimizing carrying and premium freight costs
• Review department/plant measurable (customer delivery, supplier delivery, premium freight and inventory) and establish corrective measures for performance adherence
• Facilitates the resolution of supplier inbound Quality Issues
• Support product supply and inventory plans consistent with the objectives of the business or product line
• Rescheduling materials for pull ins (expedites) and push outs (for inventory control)
• Achievement of daily, monthly and annual team targets (KPI)
• Adheres to yearly budget and carries out the plan to meet that budget
• Aligns Innovation team to forecast and reduces labor expense, forecasts, tracks and escalates as necessary
• Responsible for establishing and promoting a safe working environment and establishes and monitors compliance activities to support the safety program
• Develop knowledge of Material Requirements Planning by assisting Supply Analysts plan the phase in and/or phase out of products. Identify unique components for products being phased out or inactivated
• Preparing mechanisms for tracking inventory of unique components to insure use up plan to minimize excess and/or obsolete inventory is successful. Monitor product phase-in/out plans to
• Minimize excess or obsolete inventory and issue progress reports during the phase out period.
• Realizing a sense of urgency around business imperatives and convincing others of that urgency. Setting well-defined goals to meet business challenges and ensuring performance against those goals. Overcoming obstacles to drive initiatives and actions to closure.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Working knowledge and ability to use MS Office applications, specifically MS Excel and MS PowerPoint for reports, data analysis, etc.
• Ability to navigate and teach Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) IT Systems such as Oracle, SAP, etc.
• Flexible work hours and available for weekends
• Bilingual-English & Korean
• Occasional travel (international and domestic)