Supply Chain Planner

Supply Chain Planner | Sanford, NC

Contract | On-Site | $33-37/HR

Planning plays a crucial role within the factory by providing direction setting related to production, material supply, and order fulfilment. The Material Supply (MS) Planner plays an important role in ensuring components & raw materials are ordered, delivered, and coverage maintained to meet factory KPI’s. The MS Planner collaborates with Suppliers, Warehouse, Production, Quality, & Global Procurement, while also driving site savings objectives & inventory reduction actions to deliver factory annual results.

THE ROLE

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Supplier and Sourcing relationship
• Responsible for New Component Phase in / Phase out buy strategies
• Review/update safety stock, value order policies (system settings)
• Blanket Orders: implement make & release strategies w/ suppliers
• Action/Execute Purchase Orders
• Tactical schedule management
• Maintain Master Data parameters
• Service Management (Comps late, air freight requests)
• Inventory Management/Strategy, Direct Materials
• AP/PO invoice issues
• Participate in DDS (Daily Direction Setting) Planning meeting
• Develop Action Plans & Deliver Annual Goals & Objectives

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

We’d love to see candidates who have:

The MS Planner must have good communications skills to work with various departments as well as suppliers and drive results.

Essential:

• Strong organizational skills and highly adaptable to changing situations
• Monitor incoming materials to ensure timeliness in meeting production commitments
• Liaison with New Product Development (NPD) teams such as Site Initiative Leaders, Marketing, and suppliers to meet new launch commitments

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree OR Associates in business, Engineering, or Supply Chain OR relevant experience
• Desired Behaviors – Ability to multi-task and influence others to achieve results