Materials Planner I

This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

About the role

Plans, coordinates, and supports material requirements to align engineering designs, production schedules, and customer demand. Works cross-functionally with Engineering, Buyers, Production Managers, Customer Service, Sales, and Buyer Planners to ensure accurate material readiness and execution within manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain material plans aligned with engineering designs, production schedules, and customer requirements.
• Analyze production schedules, forecasts, and engineering inputs to determine material requirements and readiness.
• Work directly with Engineers to review and interpret blueprints, specifications, and engineering documentation to support accurate material planning.
• Build, maintain, and revise Material Masters (MMs), Bills of Material (BOMs) and routings within SAP to reflect engineering changes and manufacturing requirements.
• Apply machining knowledge to support planning activities in CNC and manual machining environments.
• Collaborate with Buyers and Buyer Planners to communicate material requirements, lead times, planning assumptions, and other training issues.
• Work closely with Production Managers to align material availability with shop floor capacity and sequencing.
• Support Customer Service and Sales teams by providing material planning inputs related to customer orders, schedules, and changes.
• Utilize Salesforce software to support coordination with Sales and Customer Service related to order requirements and planning updates.
• Participate in cross-functional discussions via email, conference calls, and on the operations floor to resolve material and planning issues.
• Maintain and update planning parameters, BOM accuracy, and routings to support executable production plans.
• Identify material risks related to engineering changes, schedule changes, or capacity constraints and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
• Support new product introductions by coordinating material planning activities, BOM setup, and routing readiness.
• Participate directly in RMA processes by supporting material disposition, rework planning, and coordination with Quality and Operations.
• Participate directly in Excess and Obsolete processes by supporting material disposition, materials planning, and coordination with Finance, Engineers, Customer Service, Sales, Quality, and Operations.
• Compile and maintain planning records, reports, and documentation within SAP and related systems.
• Participate in Tier II meetings, department meetings, and cross-functional planning discussions supporting continuous improvement and customer success.
• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Equivalent combination of experience and education.
• 2 years’ Materials Department experience in planning, production planning, procurement, or related roles within a manufacturing environment.
• Prior experience in lot-based manufacturing, CNC & manual machine shop environments is preferred.
• Prior knowledge of SAP systems, including Bills of Material and routing structures, preferred.
• Prior knowledge of reading and interpreting engineering blueprints, specifications, and technical documentation preferred.
• APICS (CPIM and CPM) certifications are preferred.
• Prior knowledge of and experience with continuous improvement tools (lean manufacturing techniques, rate-based planning, Kanban replenishment, etc.) is preferred.
• Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a “U.S. Person”, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.

Critical Competencies

• Integrity, Responsibility & Safety
• Diversity, Engagement, Inclusion & Collaboration
• Customer Success
• Innovation with Purpose
• Continuous Improvement
• Performance & Accountability
• Analytical Thinking
• Managing Complexity
• Standards & Process Discipline
• Reporting & Communication
• Planning & Scheduling
• Passion to Win
• Sense of Urgency

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools. The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture. Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide.