Material & Inventory Planner

Material & Inventory PlannerJob Location: El Paso, TX, USA, 79912Work Model: Onsite Shift: 08:00 am-05:00 pm, Mon-Fri Employment Type: TemporaryEstimated Duration (In months): 6 Min Hourly Rate($): 30.00 Max Hourly Rate($): 34.00Must Have Skills/Attributes: Field Work, Inventory Control, MS Excel, Problem Management, SAP, Scheduling, Supply Chain Experience Desired: Material Requirements Planning (MRP), ERP / SAP, production scheduling, and inventory management (2+ yrs); Strong Microsoft Excel skills (2+ yrs) Required Minimum Education: Bachelor's DegreeJob Description Required Education: • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Business Required Experience: • Experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP), ERP / SAP, production scheduling, and inventory management Technical / analytical / problem-solving skills Solid background in materials management / methodology Required Skills: • Strong Microsoft Excel skills Preferred Skills: • Experience working with SAP desirablePosition Responsibilities: • Planning • Work daily MRP exception messages • Manage flow of material between supplier and plant • Ensure materials are available for production • Meet the targets on days of inventory • Expedite Purchase Order with supplier • Crisis shortage provide priority to the supplier • Monthly review of vendor forecast • Review Open order report with supplier • Update in SAP purchase orders due dates • Review and adjust MRP planning parameters such as safety stock, minimum lot sizes, rounding values, pallet quantities, lead times, lot sizing procedures, etc. • Quarterly review of the replenishment strategy Kanban, ROP or MRP • Interfaces with MPS Planners and Production Scheduler • Adept at thinking on your feet, problem resolution, providing direction to multiple groups, resolving conflict, improving efficiencies, continuous improvement Downstream Flow Controller Description • Follow up to SAP Planning order exceptions (past due, expedite, push out, cancel) • Finished Good Production Scheduling • Publish Daily Production Plan • Follow up of Production orders status and barriers • Review with kitting if they are having issues with material • Review if orders are converted in SAP, if not need to start converting planned orders to production orders • Reviewing missing parts coming out in the release simulation to see if production could start working without them • Create missing parts file and request to Upstream team the estimate arrival time • Release orders and prepare them to production, separate them by assemblies • Production Schedule Attainment**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.****Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**