Sr. Materials Planner
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Job overview
Ebm papst is hiring a Sr. Materials Planner. The Sr. Materials Planner ensures materials are available to support production while maintaining optimal inventory levels and supplier performance, reviewing MRP requirements, creating purchase orders, and resolving shortages in partnership with cross‑functional teams.
Key focus areas include Review daily MRP requirements and planning action messages to ensure material availability, Create, process, and maintain purchase orders to support production requirements, and Identify, communicate, and resolve material shortages before they impact production.
Important skills include MRP, Material Availability Planning, Purchase Order Processing, Supplier Delivery Monitoring, Material Shortage Resolution, and Cross-Functional Team Collaboration.
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Full job description
Sr. Materials Planner
Location: Farmington, CT
The Materials Planner is responsible for ensuring materials are available to support production while maintaining optimal inventory levels and supplier performance. This role reviews MRP requirements, plans material availability, issues purchase orders, monitors supplier deliveries, resolves material shortages, and partners with cross-functional teams to meet production schedules and customer delivery commitments. The Materials Planner serves as a key liaison between suppliers, Purchasing, Production, Warehouse, Quality, Engineering, and Customer Service.
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Review daily MRP requirements and planning action messages to ensure material availability.
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Create, process, and maintain purchase orders to support production requirements.
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Identify, communicate, and resolve material shortages before they impact production.
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Monitor inventory levels to balance production requirements while minimizing excess inventory.
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Ensure purchased materials meet required quality standards and specifications.
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Partner with Production, Purchasing, Warehouse, Engineering, Quality, and Customer Service to support production schedules and customer commitments.
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