Senior Planner/Scheduler

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the procurement of raw materials including requisitions, ordering, follow-up, inventory management, request for quotation, obsolescence, price variance and rejections/complaints
• Manages materials to support the production schedules while striving to achieve material inventory goals
• Assists in scheduling production operations using SAP and other planning tools
• Communicates information to Operations, material handlers, quality inspection, and warehouse concerning material changes, safety stock levels and material outages
• Collaborates with Quality, Marketing and other cross-functional teams to facilitate the completion of “Go to Markets” for packaging changes
• Makes sure pull supermarkets are monitored and improved through resizing, auditing, and working with suppliers to implement additional items on pull to achieve desired inventory goals while meeting customer needs
• Solves material issues, including inventories, shortages, delivery delays and quality issues
• Initiates and coordinates material cost reduction efforts

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or equivalent
• 3+ years of SAP knowledge
• 5+ years of administrative or clerical experience
• Experience with suppliers, planning and ordering of materials and supplies, and contract administration
• Strong working knowledge of SAP and demonstrated proficiency in MS Office
• Leverage of Lean principles experience