Specialist, Materials Planning/Sched

About the role

Track, determine disposition of and report component and wire harness obsolescence and premium freight costs, rework costs, and third-party charges assigned to the business unit.

Duties and responsibilities

• Extraordinary Expense Recovery Tracking
  • Maintain tracking logs with new, pending and closed claim information
  • Lead investigation and resolution of claim disposition, including root cause identification and corrective action implementation
  • Assemble cost packages for claim disposition to affiliates, other BUs, customers and suppliers
  • Submit approved cost packages to YNA Finance or BU Sales for collections
  • Lead, or participate in, cross-functional extraordinary expense recovery meetings to discuss and resolve open claims as required
• Metric Reporting and Process Improvement
  • Compile and distribute extraordinary expense reports on schedule
  • Maintain, generate and distribute metrics for reporting of all carline extraordinary expense and recovery issues according to the Metric Tracking System
  • Participate in projects to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the extraordinary expense and recovery processes and tools
  • Maintain an organized filing system for open/pending/closed extraordinary expense claims
• Unique to Sr. Specialist
  • Mentor and train specialists as needed
  • Review existing extraordinary expense processes and tools, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions and "best practices"
  • Coordinate with other functions such as Program Management, Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing and IT in order to improve processes including recommendations for system/tool updates and changes to business operating procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Management or other related field; experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Specialist: See degree requirements
• Sr. Specialist: Minimum of three years experience in Extraordinary Expense Specialist or related role
• Office position – primarily sedentary. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disability to perform the essential functions.

Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook (Required)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (Required)
• Demonstrated organization and time management skills (Required)
• Ability to schedule and lead meetings (Required)
• Ability to interact and perform within a team
• Proficiency in internal change management, quality reporting, and rework tools (Required Preferred)
• International Supply Chain knowledge (Preferred)
• Unique to Sr. Specialist: International Supply Chain Knowledge (Required)