Material Planner

EIGHTY-EIGHTH FLOOR GIFTS, INC

Is currently looking for:

MATERIAL PLANNER

Responsibilities:

• Plan, Monitor, Order, & Control the availability of raw materials and sub materials.
• Monitor inventories on-hand including raw material expiry and on time receiving of Raw Materials.
• Timely replenishment of stocks in accordance with the identified inventory level by doing material assessment weekly or as need per new sales order receive.
• Prepare the Material Purchase Request set monthly every 1st week of the month and long-range forecast to supplier (if required). Make PR request weekly for additional orders if needed. PR is subject for approval by the manager.
• Monitor raw material transition from warehouse to production and it’s consumption. Consumption should be according to standard requirement to avoid shortages.
• Conduct actual checking of the material stock level at warehouse for needed confirmations to avoid stock out. Ensure that inventory quantity use is accurate.
• Give updates on the status of material and follow-up status to ensure on time delivery of lacking items.
• Communicate to suppliers as needed for concerns of delivery schedule if necessary changes should be requested like pull-in of schedule (if applicable)
• Create/update Material Planning file for every order received and for material delivery schedule including the in-transit to identify the lists of critical materials, including semi-finished goods (if applicable).
• Suggest ideal stocking level qty/percentage in reference to historical data of consumption and current trend of orders. Approval of final stocking level should from the Manager and/or top management.
• Update to monitoring the material usage/requirement from BOM & and analyze the quantity of raw materials to be ordered, including new products/projects.
• Monitor possible reports of quantity discrepancies and quality issues of materials received for material planning.
• Help coordinate with QC for urgent items for production use.
• Coordinate with New Product Development team, Costing/BOM, and Production Planner (whichever is applicable) for the production schedule of new product in preparation of the material availability of materials to be used.
• Prepare Material Downtime Report (for production line schedule downtime due to unavailability of materials).
• Target, and ensure zero material related production downtime for key performance indicator (KPI). Monitor result and implement an effective corrective and preventive action for unattained result.
• Do other task as maybe assigned by the immediate superior/manager.

• Knowledgeable in inventory/material planning and scheduling
• Can do computer operations (MS-Excel formulations, etc.)
• Has the initiative, willing to be trained and to learn
• Detail oriented and with good analytical skills/critical thinker
• Good interactive communication skill
• Strong work ethics and can work well with a team
• Good decision-making skill, and with job accountability