Material Planner 1st shift

Modis
Gloucester, MA
17 May 2024

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Akkodis is seeking a Material Planner (1st shift) for a contract opportunity (anticipated 1 year duration) with a client located in the Gloucester MA area.

Pay range: $25-30/hr W2
  • Specialize in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP) integrity
  • Maintain Oracle work order release schedule that provides material on-time to manufacturing and engineering. Reschedules and/or completes no-charge, all discrete jobs as required
  • Increase component availability at time of release by performing pre-shortage analysis. Perform work order variance analysis
  • Review MRP execution and ensures accuracy of information; reconcile supply and demand; validate master scheduling and/or PDS requirements. Review and ensure proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECO's). Perform regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy. Prepare status reports of all ECOs and ECRs in process
  • Participate in floor audits with Finance and resolve WIP issues. Attend production meetings and provide status on material shortage commit dates
  • Change "make" level lead times in accordance with reality on the manufacturing floor
  • Work with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects. May work with work centers on shop floor control activities
  • Inventory Control - Analyze usage data and stock levels to order parts to satisfy service levels; maintain inventory levels per plan and expedite shortages; may forecast spare parts needs. Examine material variances, resolve problems where possible, and/or communicate more difficult problems to management. Assist in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems, assign appropriate expediting duties to expediters. May manage obsolete inventories
  • Process Control - Participate in identifying root cause and corrective action from PCI reporting and metrics, drive cycle counting
  • Functional Knowledge - Demonstrate expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broaden capabilities
  • Business Expertise - Understand key business drivers; use this understanding to accomplish own work
  • Problem Solving - Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyze possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents
  • Impact - Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies
  • Interpersonal Skills - Explain complex information to others in straightforward situations

    • Desired Skills
  • SAP
  • Excel
    • C2C not available for this position.

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    Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

    Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, and short-term and long term disability insurance, and 401K plan. It also includes a comprehensive paid time off program.

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    • ID: #49948621
    • State: Massachusetts Gloucester 01930 Gloucester USA
    • City: Gloucester
    • Salary: USD TBD TBD
    • Job type: Permanent
    • Showed: 2023-05-17
    • Deadline: 2023-07-15
    • Category: Et cetera