Materials Planner
Columbus, OHFull-timeSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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The Materials Planner supports production at AMSOIL’s Columbus, Ohio location by ensuring materials are available when needed and meet specifications. The role coordinates supplier deliveries, anticipates shortages, and balances inventory with production needs. It works with suppliers and internal teams to maintain supply continuity, support launches and engineering changes, and improve inventory performance. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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AMSOIL INC. Is seeking a Materials Planner at our AMSOIL Columbus Ohio location! **** Why this role matters: The Materials Planner plays a vital role in keeping AMSOIL's production running smoothly by ensuring the right materials are available at the right time and meet required specifications. By coordinating supplier deliveries, anticipating shortages, and balancing inventory with production needs, this role helps prevent disruptions, reduce excess inventory, and protect working capital. As a key link between suppliers and internal teams, the Materials Planner supports reliable operations and consistent service to customers. Scheduled hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm **** What you will own: - Manage material planning and replenishment activities to ensure uninterrupted production and optimal inventory levels. - Convert demand forecasts, production schedules, and inventory targets into actionable purchase orders and supplier schedules. - Monitor supplier performance, material availability, and inventory health, proactively addressing shortages, delays, and supply risks. - Collaborate with Production, Strategic Sourcing, Inventory Control, Quality, Engineering, and Operations to support business objectives and maintain supply continuity. - Maintain planning parameters, master data, and inventory policies to drive accurate material requirements planning (MRP) outputs. - Lead supplier execution activities, including delivery scheduling, expediting, issue resolution, and performance reviews. - Support new product launches, engineering changes, supplier transitions, and phase-in/phase-out initiatives. - Identify opportunities to improve inventory performance, reduce excess and obsolete materials, and strengthen supply chain resilience. - Participate in cross-site planning initiatives and continuous improvement efforts to standardize and enhance planning practices. **** **** What you bring: Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field required. - 2+ years of materials planning, supply chain planning, purchasing execution, supplier management or comparable manufacturing supply-chain experience. - ERP/MRP proficiency and strong understanding of material requirements planning. - APICS/ASCM CPIM or CSCP certification desirable but not required. Internal/External relationships & Impact on Services/Operations: Internal/External Relationships: Daily interaction with Materials Planning, Strategic Sourcing, Inventory Control, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Production Planning, Warehouse Operations, Production, Account Services, Sales, Safety, Plant Management, and Manufacturing Leadership. Site Operations Relationship: The Materials Planner operates as an embedded member of the site's operating team. The Site Operations Director provides input on daily operating priorities, responsiveness, plant integration, and performance. Functional standards, planning methods, inventory-planning policies, role expectations, professional development and performance accountability remain under Planning leadership. Regular interaction with assigned suppliers to coordinate material requirements, delivery schedules, supply continuity, performance expectations, quality concerns, capacity constraints, material avai
How this job compares
Set against the 711 open Supply Chain Planner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$102–187K/yr508 salary ranges
- US median$35–42/hr20 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 30 open Supply Chain Planner jobs in Ohio and 711 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Supply Chain Planner postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 619 postings).
- Education
- 332 of the 711 open Supply Chain Planner jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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