Material Planner

Are you a Material Planner who is looking to join one of the top companies within the Transportation Manufacturing industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have experience in Procurement and Supply Chain?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then today!

Acara Solutions is seeking highly qualified candidates to work onsite with our client in West Mifflin, PA. Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

• Managing purchase requisitions for material planning documents with internal suppliers
• Owning the follow-up with Procurement at the purchase requisition level maturity for launching material planning documents with external suppliers
• Ensuring and updating the accuracy of the material planning master data
• Creating the material planning documents & respective source list, and quota management
• Communicating the material planning documents to suppliers and following the suppliers' confirmation
• Analyzing suppliers' confirmations vs.
• The client needs and evaluate the risk/impact anticipation on production/projects
• Identifying priorities associated with risk/impact anticipation and setting up recovery actions
• Organizing and maintaining regular reviews with suppliers to check the status of deliveries and their delivery performance.
• In this role, you will be a key contributor to multimillion-dollar projects.

Here's what you'll get:

• Pay rate: $28.85-$31.25/Hour
• Hours: 5 x 8 hrs/Week.
• Length: Temp (6 Months)

Sound like a good fit?

TODAY

About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier provider of recruiting and workforce solutions, and we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of needs in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to them, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Job Requirements

Required Skills / Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Procurement and Supply Chain

Preferred Skills / Qualifications:

• Proven experience working in SAP
• APICS certification
• Intermediate knowledge of ERP techniques and supplier collaboration tools
• Solid understanding of demand planning processes
• Basic understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles
• Basic procurement and production knowledge to work as an interface between both functions within the supply chain
• Your success will be determined by your ability to deliver results in a challenging supply chain environment.
• To do this, you will need to bring a well-developed skillset of organization, analytical skills, as well as exceptional communication skills.

Additional Information :

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.