Material Planner – Senior

DESCRIPTION

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the material plan based on requirements across a complex site or regional network.
• Ensure the accuracy of aggregate supplier schedules for a complex site or region.
• Manage exceptions generated from the Advanced Planning System, balancing supplier capability and plant/operations needs.
• Actively manage supplier commitment into the material plan to assess the impact on build plans for a complex site or region.
• Engage in the process of allocating constrained supply across the network of facilities.
• Generate and validate supplier scorecards.
• Actively manage supplier performance, identify suboptimal performance, drive accountability for improvement, and escalate to the Supply Continuity team ahead of potential disruption.
• Interact with demand and supply planning teams to understand changing demand (volume and mix) that may drive potential risk to suppliers and manage the outcome accordingly.
• Provide input to enable inventory repositioning.
• Interpret, analyze, and improve necessary Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Approach daily problem-solving and continuous improvement opportunities tactically to achieve performance targets.
• Coach and develop less experienced team members.

Knowledge/Skills

• Supply Chain planning knowledge.
• Basic understanding of logistics.
• Good analytical skills.
• Good long-term forecasting know-how.
• Good communication skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Qualifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree required.
• MBA or BE preferred.

Competencies

• Values differences : Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
• Materials Planning System Utilization : Uses the materials planning system to manage supply and demand plans, taking long-term corrective action on exception messages and other alerts based on root cause analysis.
• Part Change Control Management : Evaluates and implements engineering change requests to meet customer delivery requirements while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Plan for Every Part (PFEP) : Uses PFEP principles to ensure the delivery of the right part at the right time in the right quantity to the right place.
• Material Planning : Uses advanced tools to make decisions related to parts availability, inventory optimization, and root cause analysis.
• Materials KPI Management : Operates in relation to recent or historical outputs compared to organizational expectations to determine next steps for improvement.
• Inventory Management and Optimization : Uses analytics and algorithms to determine the optimal level of inventory investment across the end-to-end supply chain.
• Collaborates : Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates effectively : Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Customer focus : Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Drives results : Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Ensures accountability : Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Optimizes work processes : Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Develops talent : Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

• If MBA: 4 to 6 years of relevant work experience preferred.
• If BE: 10 to 12 years of relevant work experience preferred.

Job Supply Chain Planning

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category Hybrid

Job Type Exempt – Experienced

ReqID 2401823

Relocation Package Yes