Materials Planner 2- LRT

Job Description

This person will help make sure materials and parts are in the right place when engineering and production teams need them. They’ll be coordinating material movement, managing inventory reservations, supporting shipments, working in SAP, and communicating with engineering, production, supply chain, and program teams. This is a good fit for someone coming from materials planning, inventory control, production planning, supply chain, manufacturing, or logistics who is comfortable working heavily in SAP and Excel.

• Coordinate shipments of engineering-owned materials for new products
• Manage the Project Services Fremont mailbox
• Manage material reservations for inventory
• Coordinate movement and transfers of materials between engineering, inventory locations, labs, warehouses, and the production floor
• Work closely with Program/Product Management, Engineering, Production Control, and Supply Chain
• Provide ad hoc reporting to the Product Group
• Participate in cross-functional meetings and teams
• Communicate material or delivery issues that could impact build schedules
• Track and coordinate where materials need to go and when they are needed

Skills and Requirements

• Experience using SAP

• Ideally familiar with SAP transactions such as MD04, MB51, LS24, ME27, MB21, MB22, and MB23 (Tea code)

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, specifically VLOOKUPs and formulas

• Comfortable navigating SharePoint

• Familiarity with creating PowerPoint presentations

• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

• Strong written and verbal communication

• Self-starter who can work independently while collaborating with multiple teams

• Experience using SAP

• Ideally familiar with SAP transactions such as MD04, MB51, LS24, ME27, MB21, MB22, and MB23 (Tea code)

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, specifically VLOOKUPs and formulas

• Comfortable navigating SharePoint

• Familiarity with creating PowerPoint presentations

• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

• Strong written and verbal communication

• Self-starter who can work independently while collaborating with multiple teams High School Diploma or above

• Project management experience

• Ability to read and understand multi-level BOMs / Bills of Materials

• Experience coordinating inventory or material movement

• Ability to clearly communicate inventory movement instructions through email

• Manufacturing or production environment experience Strong SAP knowledge

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].