Material, Planning and Logistics Analyst Expectations/Job Description

1. Total ownership of material: raw material, components, labels for production needs. Ensure ordering, tracking & tracing and supplier follow up.
2. Making sure that all suppliers have updated and correct releases daily
3. Making sure suppliers are up to date on releases and shipping to the release QTY (no more or less)
4. Follow up with suppliers who are behind schedule, understand the behind condition, request and support their recovery plan to minimize impact to production.
5. Escalate to corporate purchasing if needed.
6. Escalate all supplier shortages to MPL manager
7. Coordinate with scheduler for material needed, runout time and impact to the production line
8. Coordinate expedite freight from suppliers if needed and add to tracker
9. Follow up with suppliers who are shipping additional material and do corrective actions
10. Follow up with suppliers who are not following TMD’s shipping specifications
11. Coordinate with QC department for RMAs and supplier quality issues
12. Ensure components inventory levels are accurate and make suggestions for parameter adjustments based on volume/inventory/ transit time/ lead time
13. Cycle count components and resin
14. Create min max levels for components and resin
15. Coordinate with warehouse supervisor and follow layout
16. Ensure components are stored properly and follow FIFO
17. Create labels for shelves and continuous improvement for material storage
18. New program tracking and tracking. International orders and organization of files
19. Huge sense of urgency and follow up needed

Minimum Requirement:

Automotive and/or logistics experience (3 years)

Experience working in purchasing preferably high volume

Familiar ERP systems, adjustments, entries.

Familiar with MRP (material requirements planning).

HS diploma required; bachelor’s degree preferred.

High sense of urgency and follow up, critical thinker, detailed oriented.