What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Planner position at AKKA technologies?
General Purpose of the Position:
Plan, procure and manage the flow of parts from a global supply chain. Main responsibilities include: ordering parts, parts coordination, logistics, truck/trailer purchase, and project support.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan and procure quantities of parts necessary to meet Engineering customer availability goals and inventory levels for an assigned supply base. Manage order parameters and exceptions.
- Manage Critical Order response from Supply Chain to maximize customer uptime. Resolve and expedite customer back orders and stock orders as necessary to satisfy customer expectations and parts availability targets.
- Develop Supply Chain partners and improve supplier performance. Communicate CLIENT needs and expectations, monitor supplier on time shipping performance and responsiveness, establish long term planning and capacity reviews, participate in cross-functional supplier management activities, identifying and communicate supplier risks, develop supplier relationships that help foster continued growth and partnership.
- Work cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate supply-related programs for CLIENT including; tooling capacities, Marketing campaigns, supplier constraint management, Long Term Agreements (LTA), component life cycle planning, product Changeovers and introductions, Etc.
- Analyze and diagnose supply chain trends. Present finding and recommended actions to department management
- Other duties as required by the Aftermarket needs.
Minimum Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply and Logistics or related curriculum OR bachelor’s degree in a non-related curriculum, AA or equivalent certification (APICS) with at least 2 years’ Supply and Logistics experience
- Years of Experience: Experience should include technical knowledge and demonstrated ability to communicate effectively.
Other Qualifications:
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Must work well in team setting.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
- SAP experience preferred.
- Training and /or experience in lean principals, problem solving techniques and waste elimination preferred.
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