Supply Chain/Material Planner

Company: Andersen Corporation
Location: Goodyear
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

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Supply Chain/Material Planner

Description:

Imagine working for America s premier window and door manufacturer in a new state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing and distribution campus. The 500,000 Sq ft. climate-controlled facility in Goodyear, AZ will be an amazing place with smart factory technology, warm, welcoming and fun work environment, privacy rooms for new mothers, prayer/ meditation rooms along with an outstanding benefit and compensation plan. This combined with the Andersen history and culture creates an outstanding opportunity for you to join a great organization!

Purpose:

This position is responsible for inventory management and purchasing of direct materials used to manufacture windows and doors. This position will report to the materials supervisor.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This position is responsible for creating and releasing purchase orders to domestic and international suppliers, managing the inventory levels of components to the required levels, communicating with suppliers, and communicating supplier performance. This position is also responsible for performing cycle counting and inventory discrepancy root cause analysis and resolution as well as continually improving the business processes of this role.
  
• It is important for this position to maintain relationships with internal and external business partners including suppliers, supervisors and team leads, supply chain team, and shipping.
  
• This position will use lean manufacturing tools and techniques such as kanban, Just in Time inventory management, ERP, 5 Why, Plan-Do-Check-Act, value stream mapping and A3 thinking as well as participate and contribute to kaizen events.
  ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
  
  • Role may be in the areas of planning, scheduling or inventory accuracy. Includes execution of processes, investigating discrepancies, developing corrective actions, with an understanding of business impacts of decisions.
    
  • Coordinate procurement of material to match demands; communicate with suppliers our requirements and forecast.
    
  • Drives continuous improvements on daily processes and tactical projects, including performing root cause analysis and drive corrective actions for problem across Supply Chain processes
    
  • Develop, optimize and integrate detailed business schedules (supplier plans, replenishment models) in a lean environment, to achieve the business goals.
    
  • Understand and communicate value steam and/or supply chain capacity and constraints
    
  • Maintain relationships with internal and external business partners including suppliers, supervisors and team leads, logistics/warehouse groups and material planners
    
  • Utilize lean tools and other business processes such as kanban, spike tools, 5Y, Plan-Do-Check-Act, value stream mapping and A3 thinking
    
  • Communicate/present lean tool applications such as value stream and process mapping, kaizen and PDCA
    Qualifications:
    
    QUALIFICATION AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
    
    • A minimum of 3 years previous direct material purchasing experience
      
    • Typically a minimum of 3 years in lean manufacturing support environment.
      
    • Advanced computer skills with experience in MS Office, ERP and Reporting systems
      
    • Practical working knowledge of lean manufacturing tools such as pull systems, PDCA thinking, value stream mapping, process mapping, and kanban systems.
      
    • Practical working knowledge of supply chain technologies (ERP, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Warehouse Management Systems)
      
    • Strong communication skills through written, verbal and listening, and presentation techniques
      
    • Effectively collaborates and works well with others
      
    • Ability to understand customer needs, in detail, and consistently attend to meeting customer requirements
      
    • Demonstrates urgency and takes responsibility for addressing critical roadblocks to achieving goals
      
    • Strong aptitude in process improvement and problem solving
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