Material Planner – Manufacturing & Supply Chain

About the role

As a Material Planner at Alpitronic, you'll own material availability from demand signal through supplier delivery—using MRP to anticipate requirements, resolve shortages, manage supplier commitments, and ensure production has the materials it needs when it needs them. You'll work across Production, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering and Quality in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.

What You'll Do

• Execute material planning activities through MRP, translating sales orders, forecasts, production schedules, BOM requirements, inventory levels, supplier lead times, and open supply into material requirements
• Issue purchase orders, releases, and supplier schedules based on production requirements and material demand
• Develop and maintain close relationships with international and domestic suppliers, ensuring timely deliveries, obtaining supplier commitments, and resolving delivery issues
• Proactively identify and manage material shortages, past-due supply, and other constraints that could impact production schedules
• Review MRP exceptions and take appropriate action, including expediting, de-expediting, rescheduling, increasing/reducing quantities, or canceling supply as requirements change
• Maintain and communicate material shortage and readiness information to Production Planning, Production Control, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, Quality, and other relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with Program Planning and Production Control to ensure material availability and production readiness in support of manufacturing schedules
• Manage and share material forecasts with suppliers based on sales orders, production schedules, forecasted demand, and historical consumption
• Continuously optimize inventory levels and material-planning metrics, including stock levels, material availability, days of supply, inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, and past-due purchase orders
• Monitor supplier acknowledgments, delivery commitments, and performance against required dates, escalating risks when supplier performance may impact production
• Support the material impacts of engineering changes, BOM revisions, component substitutions, new product introductions, and material phase-in/phase-out activities
• Coordinate with Quality, Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, and Production to resolve material issues related to rejected material, scrap, inventory discrepancies, substitutions, or other supply disruptions
• Identify potential excess, obsolete, or slow-moving inventory and initiate actions to minimize inventory exposure while maintaining production continuity
• Support accurate ERP/MRP master data by identifying issues related to lead times, order quantities, safety stock, planning parameters, and material availability
• Manage urgent material issues and production-related supply emergencies, ensuring timely escalation to the appropriate departments and managers locally and globally

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Management Engineering, Economics, Logistics, or similar
• 3+ years of experience in purchasing, planning, or materials management
• Strong understanding of purchasing, corporate procurement processes, and production planning
• Proficient use of MS Office, especially Excel, and experience with ERP and BI systems (advanced excel skills)
• Structured and independent approach to work, team spirit, adaptability, and attention to detail
• International experience
• Currently authorized to work in the United States; this position is not eligible for employer-sponsored visa sponsorship, now or in the future
• Reliably commute or plan to relocate to Charlotte, NC before starting work

Pay

Full-time position, on-site work location in Charlotte, NC.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan administered through Vanguard, allowing eligible employees to contribute pre-tax and/or Roth contributions in accordance with IRS limits, with Company matching contributions
• Paid Time Off (PTO) accrued annually, prorated based on start date during first year of employment, usable for vacation, personal time, or illness
• Paid Company Holidays in accordance with the Company's annual holiday schedule