Material Planner-1

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Job Description:

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Role Definition
Material Planning Analyst
Provides day-to-day technical and administrative support for supply chain management activities.

Responsibilities
Assisting in communicating with procurement material planning inventory distribution to minimize cost and improve efficiency.
Providing technical support and assistance on supply chain management.
Inputting data into supply chain application system; maintaining the system on a regular basis.
Collecting analyzing and reporting data on supply chain operation.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
Level Basic Understanding:
Explains the importance of accuracy in own function or unit.
Identifies tasks or outputs that require accuracy and detail-level attention.
Identifies the procedures for making sure that results are mistake-free.
Describes consequences of errors within own unit or function.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Basic Understanding:
Names specific tools or techniques that can be used to support the analytical thinking process.
Describes specific software applications or products used for business analytics.
Gives examples of how analytical thinking has been used to resolve problems.
Helps others research and learn more about business analytics tools and applications.

Cross-Team Integration: Understanding of the importance of inter-team collaboration in breaking down silos and achieving business results; ability to lead employees from various functions to communicate coordinate work across divisions and collaborate in solving problems as one team.
Level Basic Understanding:
Identifies the key teams or work groups whose work is closely related.
Applies the concept of collaboration to build relationships and coordinate with other teams.
Demonstrates the ability to coordinate work so that it can help more than one team.
Seeks help to secure support from another team when necessary.

Inventory Management - MFG: Knowledge of processes and methods of inventory management; ability to effectively manage local or distributed inventories of raw materials work-in-progress and finished goods.
Level Basic Understanding:
Identifies basic tools and approaches for inventory management.
Describes basic functions and reports needed for inventory management.
Cites examples of seasonal considerations and adjustments to planned versus actual inventory.
Describes basic benchmarks for inventory management.

Logistics Management: Knowledge of logistics and management; ability to follow proper processes and run operations for effective and efficient movement of materials and finished products.
Level Basic Understanding:
Explains how improvements in logistics contribute to competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Identifies issues and considerations for inbound and outbound logistics.
Documents internal and external informative sources or proprietary materials about logistics management.
Describes basic logistical processes and sub-processes.

Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MRP): Knowledge of the processes practices and systems used in manufacturing requirements planning (MRP); ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles and ensure capacity and materials availability.
Level Basic Understanding:
Describes basic concepts of materials and capacity management processes and procedures.
Describes product life cycle and associated MRP cycle.
Identifies parameters and considerations used in making decisions about production runs.
Describes the use of bills of materials and other documentation needed to provide supplies.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches tools techniques for recognizing anticipating and resolving organizational operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

This job required 5-days onsite working.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of essential job functions as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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