Material Planner (Remote)

Office Location: Evans, Georgia

About the role

With over 60 years of innovation and design experience in producing small-wheel vehicles, Club Car is a leading manufacturer of gas and electric golf, utility, and personal transportation vehicles. As an industry leader in electrification and sustainability, Club Car is proud to be at the forefront of environmentally responsible Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) technologies.

The Material Planner is an active team member in planning and scheduling the delivery of material from suppliers. This highly tactical position is responsible for monitoring the flows of buy items, guaranteeing availability of components to avoid material shortages and production downtime, as well as managing inventory levels to meet customer service and inventory targets.

Responsibilities

• Perform timely, cost-conscious procurement of production/inventory/MRO items.
• Receive and analyze requisitions to determine quantity, specifications, and delivery requirements.
• From approved supplier list, recommend and select suppliers to fulfill scheduled plant deliveries.
• Responsible for the on-boarding of new selected suppliers relative to material planning.
• Ensure up-to-date ABC classification is maintained for planning and other key inputs into the PFEP process.
• Ensure optimal inventory levels and safety stock are maintained for their parts.
• Coordinate with Quality Assurance to resolve quality issues with suppliers.
• Maintain proactive shortage identification and management—help flag root causes and corrective actions.
• Identify total cost and cash flow opportunities with suppliers.
• Analyze and select parts for KanBan and Supplier replenishment.
• May lead and direct others to accomplish desired organizational objectives.
• Expedite deliveries to meet and exceed scheduled critical requirements.
• Maintain material plan at the time fence to ensure continuity of supply.
• Coordinate with production planners for solutions when parts cannot be delivered as promised.
• Maintain and continuously evaluate supplier performance and escalate to Procurement when issues occur.
• Resolve invoicing discrepancies with suppliers and accounting.
• Analyze material and capacity availability to provide customer promise dates for sales orders.
• Maintains item master lead time information based upon process improvements, current constraints, total current demand by product family, and priority information.
• Manage internal and SOMI/VMI material and parameters to meet schedules.
• Interface with required functional groups to resolve challenging delivery requirements.
• Communicate forecasts and replenishment plans to suppliers.
• Review open requirements, monitor vendor performance, and expedite where necessary.
• Ensure that problems relating to delivery, quality, or pricing are promptly conveyed to the supplier and resolved in a timely manner.
• Identify and implement cost reduction/productivity projects to meet corporate initiatives/goals.
• Maintain pipeline and financial records for reporting and tracking productivity.
• Perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree preferred.
• 2+ years of planner/buyer experience in a manufacturing environment.
• APICS (CPIM) or equivalent certification preferred.
• Considerable knowledge of industry-related supply base.
• Skilled in production and supplier scheduling.
• Knowledge of supplier processes and capabilities.
• Experience with rate-based or flow line (non-MRP) and job shop manufacturing environments.
• Experience in operations, inventory management, MRP, and lean manufacturing processes.
• Experience with visual management systems.

Skills

• Able to provide direction and training to peers as needed.
• Computer proficient with ERP and Microsoft Office applications.
• Basic mathematical skills.

Physical Requirements

• Work requires periodic stooping/bending and frequent walking/standing throughout the day.
• Requires occasional lifting of objects less than 25 pounds as well as occasional lifting of objects 25 to 50 pounds.
• Work involves activities that require special safety precautions, e.g., working around moving parts, machines, or vehicles.
• Requires use of protective clothing.