Material Planner

job summary:
A Material Planner is needed for an American social media conglomerate corporation in the Fremont, CA area. This position will design and implement process improvements initiatives to drive greater process efficiency and inventory optimization.

 
location: Fremont, California
job type: Contract
salary: $38.00 - 56.67 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:

• Develop cyclical demand forecasts (operational forecasts) for standard IT assets and accessories following agreed upon forecasting methodology.
• Interact and coordinate with stakeholders to continuously measure and improve demand forecast accuracy.
• Use and maintain designated planning and inventory tools and software to optimize supply planning and staging.
• Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning.
• Provide standard and off cycle reporting to business stakeholders.
• Apply data driven decision making to day to day activities.

Skills:

• Effective communications skills, verbal and written.
• Full understanding of end to end supply chain fundamentals and workflows.
• Proficient with major planning tools (i2, SAP, Oracle, etc). Oracle Fusion experience a significant advantage.
• Proficient with office tools (MS office, Google Office tools). Able to manipulate large data sets and summarize within excel with pivot tables and macros.
• Good knowledge of IT equipment and the market of consumer electronics.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business administrations, supply chain management, economics or equivalent majors from an accredited college or university.
• 3 years of experience in supply planning and forecasting.

 
qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Education: Bachelors

 
skills:

Supply Chain

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