Maintenance Planner / Inventory Control Analyst

SourcePro Search is conducting a search for a  Maintenance Planner / Inventory Control Analyst  for a highly regarded manufacturer in Northvale, NJ. The ideal candidate will have experience in maintenance planning and inventory control, preferably within an industrial or manufacturing environment. Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish is required.

The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring that all maintenance activities are executed in a timely and cost-efficient manner.  You will be responsible for managing inventory and spare parts needed to fulfill forecasted / scheduled maintenance planning. incoming maintenance requests, and order assignments and product availability to mechanics, creating work / purchase orders for approval and minimizing inventory costs.  Additionally, you will collaborate with the Procurement manager to maintain accurate records of maintenance performed, equipment condition / modifications and upgrades, procuring necessary maintenance supplies / parts and work with vendors and contractors as needed.

What You’ll Do :

Maintenance Planner 50% :

• Act as a resource in scheduling and coordinating planned maintenance activities with Procurement manager and Maintenance Managers.
• Provide input on resource allocation and scheduling based on workload and priorities.
• Report daily status updates on equipment repairs, missing parts, and identifies critical issues to ensure escalation and resolve.
• Help optimize maintenance schedules to minimize downtime and maximize efficiency and research for root cause concern to eliminate repeated issues and problems with tags and sending machines to production without tags.
• Gather necessary information from production teams to accurately document maintenance needs.
• Communicate with maintenance technicians assigning detailed work tasks in our CMMS system, work orders and outlining the required tasks, materials, and timelines in Redzone.
• Report daily observations with production area managers to ensure clear communication between mechanics and production, answering complaints with specifications explaining the reasons and issues with start-ups, ensuring action is taken for regarding PMs and CMs.
• Oversee normal operations of the maintenance shop and set up team
• Facilitates service parts function
• Receives and distributes parts with sign in / out sheets
• Notifies maintenance managers of any supply shortage and material outages
• Practices good safety and housekeeping rules
• Keeps equipment in good working condition and advises supervision when repairs or maintenance is necessary.
• Practices good safety and housekeeping rules.
• Performs daily cycle counts, physical inventory as directed by supervision and report results.
• Support engineering projects as assigned and / or assist others with related tasks.
• Comply with all regulatory and departmental policies, procedures, and standards .
• Performs all duties as assigned by supervision and complete special projects as needed.

Inventory & System Maintenance and Improvement 50% :

What You’ll Bring :

Skills / Experience – Habilidades / Experiencia

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