Supply Chain Planner

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: - Maintain effective and proper relations with suppliers or their representatives. - Place orders and determine requirements from engineering and production schedules. - Monitor the movement of materials through the production cycle and maintain inventory at planned levels. - Expedite the filing of orders by supplies to meet production. - Administer basic procurement functions such as maintaining more than one source of supply, verifying that planned purchase orders link to demand, and suggesting changes or adjustments in quantities to take advantage of price breaks and trends. - Release new requisitions as necessary for quotations and procurement to support the required delivery of parts or services. - Participate in initiatives that will reduce the length of the supply chain, improve fill rates, and optimize inventory. - Review and release work orders per the system demand, manage the system-recommended messages, as well as maintain work order dates that adhere to the metrics for the organization. - Regularly update work order due dates based on fluctuations in in-house capacity and the delivery schedules from vendors. - Regularly update safety stock levels, order minimums and order multiples in the system. - Keep the Planning manager aware of changes in the delays at work centers/machines and/or routers that would affect the lead time of the part so that the system can be kept up to date EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelor's Degree. - 5+ years of supply chain management. - Proficient in MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Word & MS Explorer - Able to read/interpret Mechanical & Assembly Drawings and material Specs. - Effectively Communicate with various levels of Management and Operations. - Manage Multimillion Dollar Backlog, Inventory & Open Purchase Orders. - Manager Supplier's Performance, Quality, and On-Time Delivery. - Plan and Maintain Delivery Schedules for Finished Goods. - Maintain Adequate Inventory Levels.