Materials Planner Scheduler

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Location: Farmington CT

Shift/Schedule: MondayFriday 7:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.; occasional overtime as business needs require

Reports To: Director Supply Chain

Coverage: Supports the High Purity Pressed Parts and Stamped Parts value streams and partners closely with Production Purchasing Customer Service Quality Engineering and Finance.

Position Summary

The Materials Planner is responsible for translating demand inventory targets and production requirements into executable replenishment plans that support customer delivery inventory health and operational continuity. This role develops and maintains production schedules releases and manages internal work orders coordinates purchase order requirements with Buyers and ensures replenishment actions are placed confirmed tracked and received on time. The Planner plays a critical role in restoring and maintaining minimum safety stock levels across assigned value streams while proactively identifying material capacity supplier and data constraints that could impact customer commitments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop maintain and communicate daily and weekly production schedules based on customer demand available capacity material availability labor routings changeovers due dates and value-stream constraints.

• Translate demand min/max safety stock and MRP signals into timely internal work orders and external purchase order requirements.

• Release maintain and manage internal work orders from creation through completion ensuring dates quantities routings and material requirements remain accurate.

• Partner daily with Buyers to execute confirm expedite and track open purchase orders including supplier confirmations promise dates partial shipments and exception items.

• Monitor inventory positions against minimum safety stock and replenishment targets; prioritize actions to close shortages and reduce risk to customer orders.

• Identify and resolve constraints impacting production schedules work orders and replenishment plans including supplier lead time changes MOQ or pack-size issues quality holds engineering changes capacity limitations and material shortages.

• Coordinate with Customer Service to provide accurate order status recovery plans and delivery date commitments; support improvement of sales order confirmation cycle time to less than 72 hours.

• Maintain planning master data accuracy in ERP/MRP including item planning settings lead times safety stock order multiples reorder points sourcing information and planning policies aligned to PFEP.

• Support SIOP and demand review activities by providing accurate supply status inventory risks capacity concerns and recovery actions for assigned value streams.

• Monitor delivery performance critical shortages aged work orders open purchase orders and schedule adherence; drive timely follow-up and escalation where required.

• Publish routine reporting on safety stock attainment replenishment progress shortage recovery inventory health and schedule execution by value stream.

• Support inventory accuracy through disciplined transaction management cycle count follow-up root cause analysis and correction of recurring planning or data issues.

• Partner with Operations Purchasing Quality Engineering and Customer Service to reduce recurring shortages improve replenishment discipline and strengthen standard work for planning processes.

Required Qualifications

• Three or more years of materials planning production planning inventory planning supply planning or procurement support experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Working knowledge of MRP principles including lead times order policies demand signals safety stock min/max levels reorder points and order multiples.

• Experience creating releasing and managing production work orders and purchase order requirements.

• Ability to evaluate material availability capacity constraints and inventory risks and translate them into clear action plans.

• Strong Excel skills including filters pivot tables lookups and data analysis to identify gaps exceptions and replenishment priorities.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to align Production Purchasing Customer Service Quality and Engineering on priorities and recovery actions.

• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with changing priorities while maintaining accuracy urgency and professionalism.

• High attention to detail and strong discipline in maintaining ERP/MRP master data planning parameters and transaction accuracy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building maintaining or improving min/max kanban or other replenishment planning parameters in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience in high-mix low-volume manufacturing with complex routings variable demand and a broad SKU base.

• Experience coordinating supplier confirmations lead time updates expedites and recovery plans in partnership with Buyers.

• Exposure to SIOP capacity planning finite scheduling or advanced planning and scheduling tools.

• Lean or continuous improvement experience including standard work daily management visual controls problem solving and root cause corrective action.

• APICS/ASCM CPIM CSCP or related supply chain certification preferred but not required.

Systems & Tools

• ERP/MRP: NetSuite preferred or comparable ERP experience with production work orders item planning parameters purchase order requirements and planning modules.

• Planning tools: Experience with demand planning material requirements planning production scheduling or advanced planning and scheduling software.

• Reporting and analysis: Microsoft Excel required; Power BI or similar reporting experience preferred.

• Communication and collaboration: Outlook and Teams; ability to lead effective daily scheduling shortage review and replenishment follow-up meetings.

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Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits 401(k) retirement savings program with company match PTO and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race color religion creed genetic information sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status age national origin disability protected veteran status or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal state or local laws.

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