What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Planning Supervisor position at Emotiv?
Key Areas of Responsibility (Answerable for the following end results)
- Train or assist in training, development and evaluation of all department employees to ensure that current and future objectives are met.
- Responsible to fully manage assigned parts and their respective supplier.
- Develop suppliers in regards to improving their delivery performance. Utilize RPS to communicate supplier performance measurable on a regular basis.
- Supervise Lead Material Planner, Material Planners and Material Supervisor activity.
- Work directly with location specific General Manager in order to support their specific initiatives.
- Coordinate material activities including the timely procurement of production and service components.
- Maintain system procedures for accurate and timely management reporting.
- Work with manufacturing and customers to schedule production, arrange transportation, and maintain minimum inventory levels to meet customer requirements.
- Assist with supplier relations, primarily supplier performance objectives, and participate in program management activities as appropriate.
- Assumes special assignments as directed by Material Manager that include, but are not limited to, inventory control issues and supplier problem resolution.
- Provide back up support for Material Coordinator and Material Planners.
- Utilize MRP and RPS to ensure optimum planning parameters such that inventory levels are sufficient.
- Coordinate engineering changes and build schedules with suppliers and production such that customer expectations are met while minimizing obsolescence exposure.
- Communicates directly with customers on all delivery and engineering change issues.
- Analyze MRP & RPS weekly to produce supplier releases for repetitive production material.
- Coordinate expedites of production material from suppliers as needed in support of established production requirements in a JIT environment.
- Coordinates customs and brokerage issues for production materials as necessary, while ensuring compliance with NAFTA, GATT, federal and state regulations.
- General customer obsolescence claims.
- Communicates any supplier discrepancies to supplier and appropriate management.
- Assist in all inventory activities.
- Assumes special assignments as directed by Materials Manager that include, but are not limited to, inventory control issues and supplier problem resolution.
- Document all activities as required.
- Adhere to all company guidelines for Emergency Evacuation to ensure employee safety.
- Any additional responsibility deemed necessary by management.
- Pull and analyze releases daily, make corrections as required, and research customer release errors.
- Troubleshoot all issues of concern within the materials system and communicate issues.
- Manage all EDI set up, maintenance and troubleshoot any document exchange issues.
- Maintain material system data integrity, and research integrity issues.
- Load all necessary data to enable appropriate planning of production parts.
- Coordinate and test modifications to the Trans4M system.
- Write and modify Uni-query.
- Correct and troubleshoot XTC errors.
- Assist with Broadcast system and troubleshoot broadcast issues.
- Maintain/Update program cost(s) information in the Trans4M database system.
- Maintain Engineering Change Management Tracking system.
- Advise Department Manager of those situations that may pose a significant risk to the program, product assurance, facilities, employee safety or customer satisfaction results.
- Initiate actions to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformance relating to product, process & systems.
- Identify and record any problems relating to the product, process or system.
- Initiate, recommend or provide solutions thought the appropriate channels and verify implementation.
- Control further processing and delivery of nonconforming product until the deficiency is corrected.
- Approve Department Instruction within the Business Operating System in the absence of Material Manager.
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management or minimum 5 years materials management experience, preferably in an automotive environment or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Familiar with all procedures/guidelines relating to the Materials department
- Strong computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Tranks4M, Sequencing Software)
- Strong analytical ability to independently comprehend inventory levels as affected by various inputs
- Assertive, effective expediting skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- CPM, APP or CPIM Certification desirable
- Able to maintain confidential information
- Emotiv Orientation
- Emotiv Vision and Culture
- Departmental Training
- Process – Materials Management
- Process – Change Management
- Process – Purchasing and Supplier Development
- Process – Shipping Management
- Clark Broadcast Database
- Open Issues Database
- Change Control Database
- GM Supply Power Overview
- Covisint
- DCX 7 Step
- Supply Web
- Company Training
- Information Technology
- Outlook
- Trans4M Overview
- Purchase Requisitions
- Quality Mission Statement
- Expense Reporting
- Travel Management System
- Normal amount of sitting and standing, average mobility to move around an office and plant environment, able to conduct normal amount of work on a computer.
- None
- Up to 10% travel required
- Valid driver's license required
