Material Planner
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Job overview
The Material Planner plans, schedules, and coordinates materials for manufacturing operations, balancing inventory with production needs while minimizing waste, delays, and costs. The role connects procurement, production, and supply chain teams to support material availability and efficient usage. It requires a bachelor’s degree or four or more years of applicable experience, three or more years of experience, and skills in material planning, ERP systems, and cross-functional coordination.
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Full job description
Job Purpose
To plan, schedule, and coordinate the flow of materials required for manufacturing operations, balancing inventory levels with production needs while minimizing waste, delays, and costs. The Material Planner acts as a key link between procurement, production, and supply chain teams to ensure efficient material availability and usage.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
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Analyze production schedules and forecasts to determine material needs and ensure timely availability.
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Maintain optimal inventory by tracking usage, identifying shortages or excesses, and initiating replenishment orders.
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Work closely with purchasing teams and vendors to ensure on-time delivery of materials and resolve supply issues.
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Input and manage material planning data in systems like SAP or Oracle to ensure accurate tracking and reporting.
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Collaborate with manufacturing, logistics, and warehouse teams to align material flow with production goals and minimize downtime.
Education and Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of applicable experience
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3+ years of experience
Skills
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Ability to interpret production schedules, demand forecasts, and inventory data to plan material requirements accurately and efficiently.
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Skilled in using enterprise resource planning systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) to manage material planning, inventory tracking, and procurement coordination.
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Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with suppliers, procurement, production, and logistics teams, ensuring alignment and timely issue resolution.
How this job compares
Set against the 6,114 open Supply Chain jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Tennessee median$102–196K/yr64 salary ranges
- US median$22–28/hr688 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 116 open Supply Chain jobs in Tennessee and 6,114 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Supply Chain postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,288 postings).
- Education
- 2,843 of the 6,114 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 28, 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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