What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Planner position at Avantor?
The Opportunity
Avantor is looking for a collaborative and dedicated Inventory Planner to optimize our Avantor Fluid Handling (AFH) Inventory Planning team for our North American facilities. The Planner is responsible for facilitating the transfer of commodity products and specialty components for manufacturing and subcontract operations across the AFH supply chain and operational networks.
This role will be a full-time position that can be based out of our Devens, MA or Morrisville, NC facility.
What We’re Looking For
The Inventory Planner will work closely with the Procurement Team, Planners, and Warehousing to support daily MRP transactions, material transfer orders, inventory management, metric reporting, and other administrative duties.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Why Avantor?
Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000 associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!
EEO Statement
We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the Equal Employment Opportunity is THE LAW Poster, EEO is the Law Poster Supplement, and Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Provision.
3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy
By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.
Avantor is looking for a collaborative and dedicated Inventory Planner to optimize our Avantor Fluid Handling (AFH) Inventory Planning team for our North American facilities. The Planner is responsible for facilitating the transfer of commodity products and specialty components for manufacturing and subcontract operations across the AFH supply chain and operational networks.
This role will be a full-time position that can be based out of our Devens, MA or Morrisville, NC facility.
What We’re Looking For
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a Business, Logistics, Mathematics, or Operations-related concentration is required
- Experience: 1-2 years’ experience in a Distribution, Supply Chain, Operations, Warehouse industry or equivalent/applicable experience
- Demonstrated experience working in an ERP system
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Collaboration Tool: Microsoft Teams experience preferred
- Preferred Qualifications:
- APICS/CPIM certification
- Pivot Table and Vlookup experience
- Microsoft Access experience
The Inventory Planner will work closely with the Procurement Team, Planners, and Warehousing to support daily MRP transactions, material transfer orders, inventory management, metric reporting, and other administrative duties.
- Supports daily management of inventory including transfers, expired material, expedites, excess and obsolete, confirmations and updates, adjusts delivery dates.
- Provides feedback to buyers regarding inventory position.
- Runs reporting to populate inventory scorecards and helps facilitate monthly metric reviews.
- Utilizes the daily transfer workbench to perform ERP system updates for master data fields in conjunction with AFH master data policy.
- Manages Excess and Obsolete process, identifies material for return, disposal or sale.
- Represents Inventory Planning team and provides updates for daily site tiered management meetings.
- Follows standard workflow established for the role and provides recommendations for improvements.
- Solid written and verbal communication skills, work experience in a matrix environment desirable
- Strong analytical skills
- Formal problem-solving training highly desirable, i.e. Six Sigma
- Typically works in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation and a normal range of temperature and noise level.
- Work assignments are diversified. Examples of past precedent are used to resolve work problems. New alternatives may be developed to resolve problems.
- A frequent volume of work and deadlines impose strain on routine basis.
- Minimal physical effort is required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting or carrying objects that typically weigh less than 10 lbs.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Why Avantor?
Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000 associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!
EEO Statement
We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the Equal Employment Opportunity is THE LAW Poster, EEO is the Law Poster Supplement, and Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Provision.
3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy
By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.
