Material Planner

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

Our Auburn Hills Site specializes in high-mix, low-to-medium volume product solutions, with expertise in the healthcare, analytical instrumentation, and automotive industries.

Leveraging the power of more than 140,000 people in more than 100 strategic sites around the world, Jabil delivers comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services for customers in a broad range of industries. As a single point of accountability, we help:

• Innovate and develop designs optimized for performance and manufacturability
• Rapidly prototype for accelerated product introductions
• Manufacture the highest-quality products and components using the latest automation and process technologies
• Stringently validate and test with proprietary, integrated methodologies
• Ensure that customers build in the right location, source the right materials, and reach target markets with intelligent, digital supply-chain solutions

JOB SUMMARY - Material Planner - Entry Level - Based onsite in Auburn Hills, MI
Our Material Planner is an entry level position in Supply Chain and executes material requirement plans to ensure material supply equals demand to support production at our Auburn Hills, MI site.

IN YOUR ROLE YOU WILL

• Maintains data integrity of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) parameters, including but not limited to material master, information records, and source lists
• Analyzes, maintains, and executes Materials Requirement Plan (MRP)
• Ensures materials are available to support production through MRP execution, on-time delivery, and coordination of materials movement through receiving to production
• Participates in decision making of Master Production Schedule loading through proper materials sizing
• Effectively manages material requirement changes resulting from Engineering Change Notifications (ECNs) and product End of Life (EOL)
• Resolves issues related to inventory, accounts payable and freight expenses
• Dispositions non-conforming material (MRB), excess, obsolete, and/or high stock materials
• Supports Accounts Payable in resolving invoice discrepancies
• Optimizes performance on purchasing related Drive By Wire Metrics
• Supports the optimization of overall cost of materials
• Issues Purchase Orders to pricing, terms and conditions, per negotiated and agreed to conditions by Jabil Commodity Managers and Buyers
• Ensures suppliers adhere to established agreements
• Optimizes order management process to ensure effective communication with suppliers
• Monitors and continuously improves supplier delivery and quality performance
• Provides input to drive and execute Jabil’s commodity and pricing strategy
• Provides feedback on supplier performance and Jabil’s strategies
• Applies Lean Six Sigma methodology
• Works safely at all times and complies with Environmental Health and Safety standards and work practices along with all other work rules

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred, High School Diploma/GED required
• 0-1+ year of experience preferred in supply chain, planning, inventory management, and/or project management
• Advanced PC skills
• Strong negotiation, effective communication and analytical skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks independently
• Solid problem solving skills

 

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