What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Planner - Holland, MI (Onsite) position at Haworth?
When you feel connected to your work, you feel more engaged. At Haworth, you can pursue a career that offers you ample opportunity to build your portfolio and expand your skillset in an exciting and inclusive environment. Join a company that values innovation, inspiration, and you!
HAWORTH is a global leader in office furniture and architectural interiors. As a valued member of our team, you can make your mark on the world and reach your full potential within a culture of connectivity.
Why Haworth? Find out more here!
Here at Haworth, our members enjoy benefits from their first day of employment including:
- 4 weeks paid time off and an option to purchase an additional week
- Priority Health Insurance
- 401k Benefit - If you contribute 6% of your annual salary, Haworth will contribute up to 7%
- Annual bonus programs
- Company provided Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement program
- 8 hours of paid volunteer time off
- Zero waste to landfill company which provides personal on-site recycling drop-off
We are currently looking for a Material Planner to join our team in Holland, MI.
As a Material Planner you will:
Perform basic planning functions to ensure purchased materials are in place to support manufacturing process and/or optimizes constraints in manufacturing site to support order fulfillment.
- Manages inventory of assigned manufactured parts and/or purchased domestic parts to ensure material is available to support customer requirements while maintaining financial inventory objectives.
- Regularly reviews and understands work center and plant capacity requirements to ensure customer demands can be met.
- Applies appropriate optimization methodologies to balance service levels, inventory, and resource utilization.
- Develops and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to pre-established manufacturing sequences and lead times to produce executable schedule.
- Maintains database for manufactured and or purchased parts to ensure successful processing of customer and supplier demands throughout item's material list.
- Coordinates transportation between plants, transit to customers, receiving, and work centers to meet business needs.
- Monitors excess inventory, end-of-life, and lifetime buy analysis. Coordinates disposition of excess material and facilitates sale and disposal of usable material to eliminate obsolete materials.
- Performs other duties within scope as assigned.
- Must be able to perform all essential job function with/without accommodation.
- Ability to effectively use office automation, communication, software, and tools used in Haworth office environment.
- Knowledge and practical application of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system(s); prefer Systems, Applications, Processes (SAP) ERP knowledge.
- Ability to prioritize work activities based on emergent needs of business.
- Just In Time (JIT) concepts, theory of constraints, and lean philosophy.
- Supply chain integration touch points from supplier through manufacturing.
- Bachelor Degree in supply chain, logistics, or similar field of study
- Education Equivalency: Associate Degree plus 2 years related exp OR 4 years related exp
- Military Equivalency: https://www.mynextmove.org/vets/find/military
- Haworth Experience
- 2 years of Material or Production Planning experience.
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience with SAP
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