Materials Planning Analyst I
TE Connectivity
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Wilsonville • Oregon • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $54,700 - $82,000 per year
Job Level
Junior
Tech Stack
ERP
About the role
- Revise the schedule daily based on new orders and input from planning, manufacturing, and customer service teams.
- Collaborate in meetings and emails with production area supervisors, leads, and managers to address capacity constraints and ensure on-time deliveries.
- Monitor and strategically adjust orders in the ERP system to achieve on-time delivery metrics.
- Streamline and expedite production by splitting orders and updating job travelers in alignment with quality documents.
- Analyze efficiencies and productivity in assigned production areas to improve product delivery.
- Manage Kanban inventory levels and replenishment with input from customer service.
- Review and maintain stocking levels for Kanban parts in the ERP system, setting up minimum and maximum quantities based on order line and release sizes.
- Provide lead times to customer service based on the plant schedule and loading.
- Review the Shop load tool in PowerBI for available capacity in production areas to determine lead times.
- Generate master production schedules in accordance with sales and operation plans.
- Manage outsourced suppliers by creating purchase orders, open reports, and maintaining open communication.
- Retrieve job travelers from the shipping department and create purchase orders for outsourced supplier shipments.
- Perform analytics using monthly Open Order Reports to create outsourced supplier forecasts.
- Review monthly reports on aging outsourced purchase orders, investigate aging orders, and follow up with suppliers, shipping, and R&I.
- Perform analytics using ERP tools for outsourcing supplier on-time delivery to track metrics.
- Communicate effectively with individuals at all levels within the company, demonstrating organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Interact daily with employees, maintaining a clean and organized work zone, and embody TE Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, and Innovation.
- Handle confidential information, and write routine reports and correspondence.
- Obtain access to customer names, blueprints, equipment, and resources for procuring goods and services.
Requirements
- High School Diploma required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
- 1 year or plus of relevant experience needed.
- Demonstrate past capabilities to learn computer systems (Microsoft office skills is an example, past ERP experience preferred but not required.)
- Strong communication skills, the ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment, work collaboratively with your peers.
- Particular focus for this role is placed on a clear and professional telephone manner and the ability to build cross business (internal/external) relationships both on the phone, email and face to face.
- The ability to work under pressure, be flexible, reliable and able to deliver results per specific targets in direct support of departmental goals and objectives.
- Strong organization skills.
- Display willingness to make decisions. Supports and explains reasoning for decisions. Includes appropriate individuals in decision making process. Makes timely decisions.
- Demonstrate ability to resolve conflicts and problems.
- Exhibits professionalism, approaches others in a tactful manner. Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position. Reacts well under pressure. Accepts responsibility for their own actions
- The ability to adapt to changes in the work environment. Manages competing demands. Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events. Changes approach or method to best fit the situation.
- Must be proficient in English language.
Benefits
- A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
- 401(k)
- disability
- life insurance
- employee stock purchase plan
- paid time off
- voluntary benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
ERP systemsanalyticsKanban inventory managementmaster production schedulingpurchase order creationOpen Order ReportsPowerBIproduction efficiency analysisjob traveler managementcapacity planning
Soft skills
communication skillsorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillsdecision makingconflict resolutionprofessionalismflexibilityreliabilityability to work under pressurecollaboration
Certifications
High School DiplomaBachelor's degree (preferred)