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Dana Corp

Material Planner

Dana Corp, Cumberland Heights, Tennessee, United States

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Job Purpose The Materials Planner is responsible for ensuring the timely availability of raw materials, components, and supplies required for production.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Work with other members of the Materials team to help them achieve their objectives.

Analyze material requirements and initiate appropriate vendor material release schedules

Maintain inventory levels to ensure an uninterrupted supply of material while at the same time, operating within established ordering rule constraints

Maintain inventory to hit established inventory targets, and fill rates

Monitor Customer past dues to ensure the best Customer Service.

Analyze and report significant vendor delivery problems to department manager

Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with supplier contacts through frequent phone contact and plant visitations

Continuously monitor ongoing material requirements versus availability, supplier delivery to schedule, net changes and material rejection or loss

Coordinate shipments from suppliers to minimize freight costs

Respond to internal customer service inquiries in a timely manner, order acknowledgments, and advanced shipping notices

Assist in EDI implementation or external portal use with suppliers for purchase order receipt

Communicate material availability information as required to master Customer Service, sales and plant production

Identify unresolved problems and communicate to Dana Global Purchasing.

Maintain records of material at outside subcontractors or obligation material at vendors

Develop, review, and update inventory standards, ordering rules, vendor information and lead times to most efficiently order and manage inventory and measure supplier performance

Review excess and obsolete inventories and provide to management recommendations for disposition

Participate in implementation of engineering changes and new model introductions. Monitor the status of new part PPAP

Coordinate the phase in of new suppliers or re-sourcing programs

Identify quantity and plan any special banks for vendor protection, new model phase-in, special safety stocks, etc

Education and Qualifications

Bachelor degree in business or engineering

3-5 years materials/logistics experience preferred

SAP experience preferred

Good working knowledge of material flow and inventory control

Knowledge of ERP, MRP theories and procedures, and Lean Manufacturing preferred

Knowledge of concepts and application of materials requirements and inventory planning

General understanding of manufacturing activities and shop floor control

Understanding of systems functions and transactions

Must have excellent computer skills and thorough knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and must be capable of professionally interacting with an international customer base

Must be proactive, detail oriented and have excellent organization, planning and follow-through skills.

Committed to tasks and skilled at identifying and solving a variety of problems of broad scope and complexity with little to no supervision

Must be able to work flexible hours

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