Planner

• Responsible for supporting the material acquisition plans for NASA IT programs
• Works with Program team to ensure a streamlined procurement process of materials
• Coordinates forecasts, workload, expediting, and acquisition priority
• Provides advice to programs for materials management and sourcing
• Places orders through purchasing cards
• Analyzes material requirements for leveraging opportunities
• Engages supply chain to determine optimal acquisition strategy
• Manages delivery schedules
• Experience with supplier coordination
• Demonstrated experience interfacing across multiple organizations with minimal supervision
• Ability to multi-task and work under tight time constraints

Material Planner supporting NASA IT programs with procurement processes

Material Planner

Material Planner for Civilian Agency Solutions team supporting NASA IT programs. Responsible for material acquisition plans, procurement processes, and supplier coordination.

• Develop and maintain raw material supply plans aligned with production schedules, customer demand forecasts, and manufacturing capacity.
• Utilize ERP/MRP systems to execute planning recommendations, purchase orders, rescheduling activities, and replenishment strategies.
• Manage supply plans in Make-to-Stock (MTS), Build-to-Order (BTO), and/or Assemble-to-Order (ATO) manufacturing environments.
• Balance material availability while minimizing shortages, excess inventory, and expedite costs.
• Analyze inventory performance using Inventory Turns, Days of Supply, Safety Stock, Service Levels, Excess & Obsolete Inventory, and Slow-Moving Inventory.
• Determine and maintain appropriate safety stock based on demand variability and supplier lead times.
• Perform supply chain analysis using demand trends, supplier performance, consumption patterns, and inventory data.
• Interpret MRP exception messages and proactively resolve material shortages.
• Monitor market conditions affecting raw material availability, supplier capacity, pricing, transportation, and lead times.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehouse, Logistics, Quality, R&D, and Customer Service to ensure uninterrupted production.

Raw Material Planner developing supply plans for manufacturing operations at Axalta.

Material Planner – Manufacturing, Raw Materials, Chemicals

Raw Material Planner responsible for developing supply plans for manufacturing operations at Axalta. Requires extensive experience in material planning within the coatings manufacturing industry.

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Material Planner – Manufacturing, Raw Materials, Chemicals