• Generate proper demand for manufactured and purchased parts.
• Align capacity requirements with production, including the setup and maintenance of work orders.
• Review production and demand performance against available inventory and determines Production and QC priorities.
• Prepare and transact work orders, and ensure availability of materials
• Ensure communication regarding the status of work orders, inventory levels, and projects.
• Coordinate planning activities with cross functional departments to ensure project milestones are achieved on-time.
• Monitor aged WIP, open balances on purchase orders and receive/inspect receipts.
• Work with the Production to plan production resources, level loading, and WIP Inventories.
• Support the material review board and quarantine process. (SCA)
• Replan production schedules (as needed) to meet marketing and/or manufacturing requirements.
• Maintain item master data to support planner code and production order policy data.
• Responsible for planning and procurement master data, including the Procurement Info record and Source List for materials.
• Plan raw material and closely coordinate production plans with purchasing
• Manages raw materials for new products once assigned on a Bill of Material.
• Investigates and recommends implementation of appropriate advanced materials strategies such as Point of Use, Kanban, VMI, etc.
• Create mathematical models based on supply chain data of including both supply & demand trends.
• Reduce the amount of excess & obsolete inventory by performing data analysis, utilizing vendor return programs and stock balancing.
• Maintain ERP system parameters to ensure optimum performance

Partner directly with R&D, Lab teams, and Product Development Operations (PDO) to validate technical BOMs, introduce NPI raw materials, and drive accurate demand forecasting.