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Plan, schedule, and control material requirements to support manufacturing, ensuring on-time availability, cost efficiency, proper inventory levels, and adherence to quality and compliance specifications.
- • Collaborate with production, engineering, quality, and procurement to resolve shortages and supply disruptions.
- • Initiate and manage inventory control and cost reduction initiatives, including ABC classification and cycle counting.
- • Prepare and maintain materials, inventory, and supplier performance reports and records.
- • Ensure incoming materials meet specifications by coordinating with supplier quality and inspection.
- • Implement and refine material tracking and planning systems; analyze exceptions and KPIs to detect issues.
- • Support new product introductions by reviewing BOMs, setting planning parameters, and managing phase-in/phase-out and ECNs.
- • Define and maintain MRP settings, lead times, safety stock, reorder points, lot sizes, and sourcing data.
- • Stay current on materials management, MRP/ERP, and supply chain best practices.
- • Partner with purchasing to negotiate pricing, MOQs, lead times, and delivery schedules with suppliers.
- • Participate in supplier performance reviews and audits; drive corrective actions for delivery or quality issues.
- • Develop and enforce standard procedures for materials planning, inventory accuracy, and kitting.
- • Implement shortage escalation, expediting, and de-expediting procedures during supply changes.
- • Maintain traceability and compliance records for materials per customer, regulatory, and industry requirements.
- • Monitor regulatory and compliance requirements for materials (e.g., RoHS/REACH) and update planning data accordingly.
- • Optimize inventory and material flow to balance service levels, working capital, and material cost.
- • Prepare dashboards and reports on on-time-to-schedule performance, inventory turns, excess and obsolete, and shortages.
- • Coordinate cross-functional planning with buyers, schedulers, logistics, and engineering to align demand and supply.
- • Coordinate material planning, procurement, and distribution to ensure on-time supply to production.
- • Develop material requirements plans using MRP/ERP and approve purchase requisitions within budget.
- • Review the master production schedule and orders to determine inventory needs and replenishment timing.
- • Train stakeholders on MRP, BOM accuracy, and materials planning procedures.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
