Material Planner (re-posting)

Job Function: Operations 

Job Family: Planning

Location: Schaumburg, Illinois

Job Title: Materials Planner

Job Summary
The Materials Planner is responsible for global inventory planning and coordination of order fulfillment acrosssupport a key region of business units. The role designs and manages optimal inventory levels, reliable delivery performance, and transparent reporting of key supply chain metrics.

• Manage materials planning for items sourced and distributed globally to ensure efficient and timely delivery of customer orders across the organization for specific regions or business unit.

• Utilize and deploy planning methods to create and manage safety stocks and reorder points to optimize inventory costs and service levels based on demand and lead times.

• Analyze data to drive continuous improvement in planning accuracy, fullfilment levels, and inventory efficiency.

• Proactively identify and mitigate risks related to shortages, capacity constraints, and logistics disruptions. Collaborate cross-functionally with procurement, manufacturing, logistics and customer sales teams.

• Develop and maintain reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs), including:

• On-Time Delivery (OTD)
• Material Shortages
• Backorders
• Inventory levels and turns
• Support implementation and optimization of planning systems, tools, and processes.
• Meet deadlines on a daily, weekly and quarterly basis

Qualifications & Skills

• Proven experience in supply chain planning, demand planning, or order fulfillment in a global environment.
• Strong understanding of inventory management concepts, including safety stock and reorder point methodologies.
• Experience with ERP and planning systems (preferred Oracle).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across different regions and functions.
• Experience or desire to level AI tools to improve planning methods and results.
• Knowledge of data management tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlik View, or other like tools
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).