Material Planner

Overview

Stefanini Group is hiring! We are looking for a Material Planner for a 100% remote position.

For quick application, please reach out to Hitesh Bhatnagar:

• Phone: 248-263-3904
• Email: [email protected]

Role Details

• Location: 100% remote (Training may be in McIntosh, AL for 1 week. Client will cover travel costs except for meals).
• Schedule: 8:00 AM to 05:00 PM; 1 Hour Lunch; Monday - Friday.
• Note: This is a fast-paced production environment. MUST be highly responsive.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Business, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• 2+ years of Supply Chain, Procurement, and/or Operations experience.
• Knowledge of purchasing, receiving activities, and inventory control operations.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office.
• Demonstrated effective data analytic skills.
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) programs.
• Excellent organizational, communication, collaborative, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with import planning.
• Solid SAP skills (APO and R/3) usage.
• Working with PI or tank telemetry is a HUGE plus.
• Well-rounded knowledge of local suppliers and import vendors.

Responsibilities

Focus: Raw Material/Packaging Planning

• Support the production planning process by ordering raw materials and packaging to support the production plan.
• Monitor adherence to the production plan with operations and site logistics, identify gaps in supply, and work with production, regional planning, and product management.

Duties

• Define and align long-term raw material supply plans with regional planners and production schedulers.
• Identify, escalate, and communicate closely with different functions regarding impacts or conflicts in production (e.g., shutdowns, trials).
• Coordinate raw materials and packaging availability with materials management and logistics topics with production logistics and 3rd party providers.
• Create purchase requisitions, monitor availability, coordinate packaging, create intercompany orders, and perform master data updates.
• Act as a troubleshooter for assigned products and serve as the contact for warehouse logistics providers, including SAP WM topics.
• Handle RACE requests for raw materials and create SAP analyses.
• Plan purchase order requirements and monitor/expedite delivery of raw materials and packaging components for contract manufacturing.
• Provide SAP order processing for raw materials and packaging components.
• Monitor and report actual and planned raw material and packaging component deliveries and status.
• Convert internal active ingredient and raw material requirements into purchase orders for global suppliers.
• Review production demands, monitor orders and stocks to ensure timely delivery.
• Expedite deliveries when required.
• Create reports to track open orders, supplier confirmations, and delivery dates.
• Confirm required logistics activities are organized for all related shipments.
• Reconcile month-end physical inventories against SAP entries, verify invoices, and assist in controlling material deliveries and finished production.

About Stefanini Group

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore, and near-shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises. We operate in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, serving over 400 clients across various markets. Stefanini is a CMM Level 5 company.

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