Materials Planning Manager

at  Adient Aerospace LLC

Adient Aerospace is a Joint Venture between Adient and Boeing. Boeing brings a deep knowledge of Aerospace, and Adient is the world’s leader in automotive seating. At Adient Aerospace, it is our mission to deliver innovative seating design through precise operational excellence, resulting in a superior customer experience. We bring the right pieces together, in precisely the right way, at precisely the right time.
Adient Aerospace is looking for a Materials Planning Manager to join our team. We look for highly proficient individuals who are collaborative, value diversity, enjoy working as a team, and share our passion to succeed. We invest in our employees with opportunities for professional development and we offer competitive benefits.
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JOB SUMMARY

Responsible to provide results driven leadership to the Planning Department. Key areas of accountability includes scheduling of materials, generate requisitions, controlling inventory and eliminating parts shortages.
SUMMARY OF JOB DUTIES - Essential Functions (Other duties and projects may be assigned or requested.)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Pro-actively lead the materials team to continuously improve processes and procedures to ensure availability of materials required for Production
• Identify and eliminate root causes of parts shortages
• Analyze suggested orders and schedule discrepancies
• Resolve MRP related issues and take appropriate corrective actions to prevent similar issues
• Manage and ensure timely receipt of materials to support the Production schedule
• Provide continual improvement of the Planning and reporting processes including KPI’s
• Implement the use of the ABCD philosophy in planning for materials to minimize inventory and maximize inventory turns
• Must possess good oral and written communication skills
• Manage and supervise the Material Planners, Development Program Planners and Master Scheduler
• Adhere to company policies, procedures, and ethics code and ensure that they are communicated and implemented within the department

EDUCATION:

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.

Experience:

• 5+ years of direct experience in Materials Planning and ERP/MRP systems

SKILLS:

• Extracting PLM eBOM and conversion to mBOM as input to ERP/MRP system
• Advance material order procurement ahead of final-release eBOM

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Related work experience in an Engineered-to-Order (ETO) environment

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.

• Pro-actively lead the materials team to continuously improve processes and procedures to ensure availability of materials required for Production
• Identify and eliminate root causes of parts shortages
• Analyze suggested orders and schedule discrepancies
• Resolve MRP related issues and take appropriate corrective actions to prevent similar issues
• Manage and ensure timely receipt of materials to support the Production schedule
• Provide continual improvement of the Planning and reporting processes including KPI’s
• Implement the use of the ABCD philosophy in planning for materials to minimize inventory and maximize inventory turns
• Must possess good oral and written communication skills
• Manage and supervise the Material Planners, Development Program Planners and Master Scheduler
• Adhere to company policies, procedures, and ethics code and ensure that they are communicated and implemented within the departmen