Senior Material Program Manager

Summary

Join the team that is building the EV charging industry and make your mark on how people and goods will get everywhere they need to go, in any context, for generations to come.

Requirements

• Eight or more years of experience in Material Planning in a high-tech manufacturing environment
• Significant experience with both manufacturing startups and established/growing manufacturing organizations, including global organizational experience
• Experience with multi-level BOM product structures and planning/item master parameter strategies
• Proven problem-solving skills and ability to work with close-knit teams in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Manage the material scheduling strategy and processes, ensuring material supply meets demand in each of our multi-national sites
• Load the Revenue MPS into a material demand plan to run through the MRP process for each site
• Provide guidance to buyer/planners for ordering and to understand lead times and develop creative flexibility strategies
• Provide a coordinated supply response each month
• Work with master schedulers/planners to understand strategic information that impacts the forecast, such as upcoming product transitions or introductions, or critical sales strategies
• Using deep understanding of demand planning processes and BOM structure, evaluate MRP demand through pegging, and utilization of differing procurement approaches to planning ABC items
• Ensure and maintain data integrity of BOM structures, planning/item master parameters in planning/ERP systems
• Review ECO/MCO activities or manufacturing transitions from in house production to turnkey
• Support, resolve and troubleshoot MRP-related planning/ERP system issues
• Support E&O analysis activities and reporting, including development of system-generated reports, providing product-level analysis/disposition and summary/management reporting
• Manage inventory risk and ensure that contingency plans are in place
• Support planning/MRP system implementation or enhancement activities and work with Business Applications team to improve processes and reporting
• Help enhance the support of warranty and spare parts planning utilizing planning tools vs spreadsheets