Sr. Planner/Scheduler - Asheboro NC

Position Summary

The Senior Planner/Scheduler is responsible for analyzing requirements and developing schedules to ensure the customer receives products on time in the most efficient manner, while meeting delivery and inventory goals.

Responsibilities

• Captures requirements and develops schedules to meet customer needs
• 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 production schedules while striving to achieve material inventory goals
• Aids 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
• Maintains pull supermarkets 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

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 3+ years of SAP knowledge
• 5+ years 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

Qualifications

• Associates degree preferred

Skills

• SAP knowledge
• Administrative or clerical experience
• Supplier coordination
• Planning and ordering of materials and supplies
• Contract administration
• MS Office proficiency
• Lean principles

Benefits

Auto req ID 478146BR
Minimum Education Required: High School/GED
Job_Category: Operations
Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities: None specified
What we are looking for: None specified
What we prefer: None specified
The salary range for this position is USD $59,000.00/Yr. - USD $76,000.00/Yr. Actual base salary offered to a candidate may vary based upon factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.

Pay

USD $59,000.00/Yr. - USD $76,000.00/Yr.

Schedule

Not specified