
Material Planner
Battle Creek, MIContract$24–28/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Material Planner ensures the timely flow of materials to support production schedules and customer demand. The role manages inventory levels, monitors material requirements, coordinates with suppliers and internal stakeholders, and resolves supply chain issues to minimize disruptions in a manufacturing environment. Compensation is $24–$28, and contract benefits include medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, DCFSA, 401(k) access with employer matching, and paid sick leave or other paid time off as provided by law.
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Job Description
The Material Planner is responsible for ensuring the timely flow of materials required to support production schedules and customer demand. This individual will manage inventory levels, monitor material requirements, coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders, and proactively resolve supply chain issues to minimize disruptions. The ideal candidate is highly organized, analytical, and thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education but will vary anywhere from $24-$28. Benefit packages while on contract for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.
Skills and Requirements
-Associate's degree or 3-5 years minimum related work experience. -Ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and prioritize work. -Team player with high energy and a can-do attitude. -Ability to make sound decisions under pressure. -Associate is required to have effective communication skills both verbal, as well as written. -Overtime expected and required on short notice. -Material Requirement Planning knowledge required. -Capable of understanding and conducting basic arithmetic and statistical operations. -Ability to quickly recognize errors and inconsistencies in numerical data. -Familiar with Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint. -Automotive background. -Experience with kanban system. -PC skills/CIGMA. -Leadership abilities.
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].
How this job compares
Set against the 6,074 open Supply Chain jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$24–28/hr
- US median$22–29/hr658 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $26/hr, is close to the US median midpoint ($27/hr) — in the middle half of Supply Chain hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 165 open Supply Chain jobs in Michigan and 6,074 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Michigan
- General Motors14 open
- Ford Motor Company11 open
- Accenture8 open
- Experience
- Supply Chain postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (4,241 postings).
- Education
- 2,801 of the 6,074 open Supply Chain jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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