Materials Planner

Job title: Materials Planner

Company: Randstad


Job description: Job Title – Materials Planner Level 2
Location – CambridgeThis position coordinates purchasing activities with manufacturing and engineering departments to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner. Acquires and maintains technical understanding of products purchased, monitors the cost, schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure highest quality at best value. Performs cost analysis and volume planning for major commodities. May recommend cost saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis, alternative sourcing and vendor evaluation criteria.
Obtains materials, components, equipment and services while ensuring security and accountability of inventory through transaction documentation, process and procedure verification, and system review.
Analyzes and, when able, corrects cycle count discrepancies. Audits incoming and outgoing shipments to assure quality and accuracy. Compiles and documents all transactions for data entry.AdvantagesResponsibilities
This position will be responsible for comprehending the needs and requirements of customers or business partners in order to bring strategic value to them while promoting customer needs as the key driver for business goals and initiatives. Building strong relationships and partnerships across the company to leverage ideas, capabilities, and processes is critical to the role as well as instilling an energetic and enthusiastic response in others toward achieving company goals and priorities, and arousing others’ commitment and support, even when embarking on unknown territory.
This work consists of unifying internal constituents around a common vision and goals, and teaming with others for enhanced outcomes. This work requires attention to detail, managing multiple priorities and taking actions with minimal direction which may encompass but not limited to the following:

• Support product supply and inventory plans consistent with the objectives of the business or product line.
• Reviews, analyzes and resolves expectations and error reports from mainframe planning and buying modules
• Provides solutions for supply interruptions, which include finding alternate suppliers
• Performs cost analysis and volume planning when necessary
• Facilitates the resolution of supplier inbound Quality Issues.
• Maintains Accounts Payable PO price exception report and resolves invoicing discrepancies in accordance with company policy and system requirements.
• Manages supplier businesses in quality, on time delivery and inventory developing and implementing cost avoidance savings. Monitors and processes cancellations and holds to manufacturing orders / purchase orders.
• Preserves validity in the dispatch lists and control product lead-times. Responds to customer expedite request promptly and accurately, then quickly relays information to customer service. Understands how RA business objectives relate to own business unit, and performance objectives align with business unit objectives, and takes steps to maximize business unit financial results.
• Create a production plan for the assigned module and final production areas. The production plan considers customer order status, forecast, material availability, production equipment issues, ECN activity and other related production issues in an effort to satisfy customer delivery performance and financial objectives, based on established priorities.
• Assist in resolving circumstances causing delivery not in compliance with customer want dates or excess and slow-moving inventory, identifying causes and developing solutions to improve current and future performance. Provide material status and action plans to business unit, materials management and supply source organizations.
• Maintain accurate Bills of Materials for existing products. Support implementation of Bill of Material changes from Engineering Change Notices and maintain inventory and Bill of Material information to insure accurate generation of parts lists for product supply sources.
• Develop knowledge of Material Requirements Planning by assisting Supply Analysts plan the phase in and/or phase out of products. Identify unique components for products being phased out or inactivated, preparing mechanisms for tracking inventory of unique components to insure use up plan to minimize excess and/or obsolete inventory is successful. Monitor product phase-in/out plans to minimize excess or obsolete inventory and issue progress reports during the phase out period.
• Develop an understanding of product life cycle planning including the process of master scheduling, new product introduction, product phase-in/out and inventory planning and provide backup support Production Control Technical Analysts.
• Work to achieve annual inventory reduction and customer service performance targets.
• Adopting new technologies to enhance performance and to leverage knowledge and information for driving competitive advantage. Fostering an environment where technological innovations are recognized and rewarded.
• Identifying core value-adding processes and maximizing their performance and productivity. Integrating and streamlining processes throughout the supply chain and ensuring adoption of best maximum efficiency.
• Realizing a sense of urgency around business imperatives and convincing others of that urgency. Setting well-defined goals to meet business challenges and ensuring performance against those goals. Overcoming obstacles to drive initiatives and actions to closure.
• Promoting an honest and open environment in which information flows freely among all levels of the organization. Anticipating and meeting the information needs of all relevant constituents.
• Ensures thorough familiarity with company policies and procedures. Appropriately applies policies and procedures in compliance with government laws. Policies and procedures include, but not limited to: Standards of Business Conduct, Intellectual Property, Control Environment, Information Protection, ISO 9000 & 14000, government regulations (e.g. health, safety, quality and environmental), and functional policies published on the company’s Information Network.

Qualifications

• Ability to accept change and adapt to a variety of assignments in a fast paced environment
• Capability for MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), and Microsoft Outlook
• Ability to be self-directing, manage time and priorities effectively, take initiative, exercise good judgment and manage multiple priorities to meet deadlines
• Effective communication (verbal and written), interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Interest and ability to thrive in a high energy team environment with strong aptitude for interaction

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business or related field

Summary
Interested candidates can send their resume directly to leslie.walker@randstad.ca.Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada’s workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

Expected salary:

Location: Cambridge, ON

Job date: Sun, 25 May 2025 05:46:11 GMT

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