What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Planner position at Rush Group Limited?
Job Description
Job Description
Key Areas of Responsibility (Answerable for the following end results)
Planner Responsibilities :
Responsible to fully manage assigned parts and their respective suppliers, including all problem resolutions.
Develop suppliers regarding improving their delivery performance.
Coordinate engineering changes and build schedules with suppliers and production such that customer expectations are met while minimizing obsolescence exposure performance measurable on a regular basis.
Analyze MRP & RPS weekly or daily to produce supplier releases for repetitive production material.
Investigate all inventory discrepancies for assigned parts / programs.
Utilize MRP and RPS to ensure optimum planning parameters such that inventory levels are sufficient
Utilize RPS to communicate supplier.
Communicates directly with customers on all delivery and engineering change issues.
Communicate min violations, as required to the customer (Holt Specific).
Coordinate expedites of production material from suppliers as needed in support of established production requirements in a JIT environment. Responsible for premium freight for assigned parts.
General customer obsolescence claims.
Communicates any supplier discrepancies to suppliers, appropriate materials personnel and management on all shifts.
Assist in all inventory activities.
Assumes special assignments as directed by Materials Manager, Assistant Materials Manager or Materials Planning Supervisor that include, but are not limited to, inventory control issues and supplier problem resolution.
Provides back up support for Material Coordinator (Holt Specific).
Document all activities as required.
Adhere to all company guidelines for Emergency Evacuation to ensure employee safety.
Any additional responsibility deemed necessary by management.
Louisville Specific
Pull and analyze releases daily, make corrections as required, and research customer release errors.
Trouble shoot issues of concern within the materials system and communicate issues.
Maintain material system data integrity, and research integrity issues.
Load all necessary data to enable appropriate planning of production parts.
Write and modify Uni-query.
Correct and troubleshoot XTC errors.
Hazel Park Specific :
Setting up expedites / extra loads – spot buys
XPO Manifest – review all XPO shipments daily
Coordinates customs and brokerage issues for production materials as necessary, while ensuring compliance with NAFTA, GATT, federal and state regulations. Daily custom clearance and border crossing
JAS Forwarding – Ocean shipments from ZF Gotha – schedule – follow
CN Tracking, schedules, setting appointments for delivery
Dock Schedule – setting windows at HZL Dock (including reload)
Work with suppliers on window schedules
Manage routing instructions
Supplier compliance – shipping
Carrier compliance
Run EDR with trks every Monday
Entering DPR’s in T4M
Dunnage – manage outbound shipments back to supplier (assure reloads are executing)
Oracle :
Oracle update – adding accessorial charges / costing in LMS.
Freight Plan
Cleaning up LMS – managing carriers / keep system up to date with cancelled loads, carrier updates etc.
Entering Spot buys in LMS
Adding / updating charges from old shipments
Limits of Authority
Advise Department Manager of those situations that may pose a significant risk to the program, product assurance, facilities, and 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 through the appropriate channels and verify implementation.
Control further processing and delivery of nonconforming product until the deficiency is corrected.
Basic Education, Experience and Skills Required
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of 1 -3 year of experience in executing integrated manufacturing software within a material control department, preferably in an automotive environment.
Strong analytical ability to independently comprehend inventory levels as affected by various inputs and controls.
Strong computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Trans4M).
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Assertive, effective expediting skills.
Self-disciplined to perform many assorted assignments within an automotive JIT environment.
CPM, APP or CPIM Certification desirable.
Able to maintain confidential information.
Import / Export Knowledge a benefit
Internal Training (Minimum Requirements)
Emotiv Orientation
Emotiv Vision and Culture
Departmental Training
Process 05 – Materials Management
Process 07 – Engineering Change
Process 04 – Purchasing and Supplier Development
Significant Aspects Overview
Clark Broadcast Database
Open Issues Database
Change Control Database
Supply Web
GM Supply Power
Covisint
DCX 7 Step
Ford CMMS, EDDL
Ford WERS
Ford ILVS
Ford 8D
Ford SIMS
Ford GPIRS
Ford Packaging, Labeling, Shipping and Routing Guidelines
Ford MMOG
Ford CPV2
Company Training
Information Technology
Outlook
Trans4M Overview
Purchase Requisitions
Quality Mission Statement
Expense Reporting
Travel Management System
Health, Safety and Physical Demand Requirements
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.
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