Walker SCM, LLC brings an experienced team approach to multi-national logistics service. We provide superior products without sacrificing the small firm attributes that have distinguished our firm since its inception - personal attention, expertise, and reliability. We are a 3PL provider of assembly and contract packaging services and the associated warehousing, distribution, procurement, and transportation services.

The Material Planner is responsible for providing a high level of customer service to both suppliers and OEMs. Ensure that customer needs and requirements are met timely and accurately. Daily release printing from multiple systems, validate and provide picklists to the warehouse team, ensure accuracy of shipping paperwork, send and validate ASNs.

Operations

• Analyze inventory levels at warehouse, compare customer orders and identify shortages.
• Monitor returnable levels to ensure that there are enough at the warehouse to satisfy customer orders.
• Review customer orders to set the production targets for each day that ensures all customer requirements are met.
• Schedule inbound deliveries of material to ensure there are no interruptions to production caused by part shortages.
• Assist with receiving and shipping activities.
• Assist with cycle counts, physical inventory and other inventory related activities.
• Responsible for new part, new supplier, and new customer setups with in the warehouse management system.
• Assist in special projects as assigned.
• Assists with training new material coordinators as needed.
• Assists with managing non-conforming material (material that arrives damaged, rejects from a sort, parts damaged at warehouse, etc)

Documentation

• Maintain a log of all critical returnables and publish as required.
• Maintain individual and team metrics for the department.
• Maintain & publish an inbound and outbound schedule for the department.
• Complete shipping and receiving documents.
• Maintain and send part shortage meeting minutes.
• Maintains records as assigned.
• Tracks days on hand and warehouse utilization.

Communication

• Responsible for publish shortage reports to the customer daily.
• Answers incoming calls/emails into the facility promptly.
• Interfaces with carriers and sets up pickups/deliveries as needed.
• Attends QOS meetings as required.
• Publish inbound/outbound schedules to the team, including hot parts.
• Publish daily production goals to the team.

Quality

• Document standard operating procedures and assist with edits and updates to existing SOPs.
• Apply continuous improvement ideas and concepts to the department.
• Understand and adhere to all customer requirements.
• Comply with internal Quality Management System procedures.
• Participate in root cause analysis and corrective action processes.

• High School Diploma or equivalent with at least 2 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Must be able to read, write and comprehend English
• Bi-lingual Spanish, a plus