Temporary Material Planner
Lancesoft
East Hanover, NJ
Location: 100 Deforest Ave, East Hanover, NJ 07936
Duration: 8+ Months
Travel requirements: No travel required.
Work schedule: Hybrid work model based out of East Hanover-office in East Hanover 2-3 days a week
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Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for direct raw and pack materials for a subset of SKUs. Run material forecasts weekly based on new weekly production schedule to assist the materials management team.
- Responsible for covering production while keeping material inventory low to minimize any material waste down the road. Work with HQMM team and cross functional team members on commercialization project trackers to ensure timeline is met while mitigating material waste.
- Attend Commercialization Meetings to cover Supply Planning follow ups and actions, and other supply cross functional meetings as needed.
- Assist in maintaining Day to Day material planning tasks including but not limited to: distributing Supplier Forecasts, assisting with material issues, and working with Procurement operations to ensure on time material deliveries to support production.
- Work to streamline materials waste identification, mitigation plans, and reporting needs using dashboards and SharePoint to harmonize across categories
- Provide coverage and backup for existing HQMM team members to attend system implementation training and support team with data consolidation across suppliers for NA R&P scope with regards to LRP volume support and SAP S4 contingency planning.
- Communicate with Spend Areas on materials forecast visibility improvement and suppliers responsiveness.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, or a related field.
- 1+ years of experience in materials management, supply planning, inventory management, or a similar role, preferably within a large Client environment
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Proficiency, or ability to learn quickly, in ERP systems (e.G., SAP, Oracle) and advanced planning tools.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- PowerBI / Tableau exposure preferred.
- Advanced Excel
About the Company
Lancesoft
We are a $125 Million, NMSDC-certified Minority & Woman owned Workforce Solutions Company headquartered in the DC metro area with presence across US with global presence - Canada, Mexico, India, UK, Malaysia, Indonasia, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE. We are specialized in providing Workforce Solutions, SOW project delivery, Engineering Solutions, Creative Services. We currently support 100+ Fortune companies globally and across multiple industry segments. We are currently supporting several massive programs across industry segment nationally/globally (Intel, Ally, AMD, QUALCOMM, Morgan Stanley, Kraft/ Mondelez, MNP, Amdocs, Dell, SanDisk, Medtronic, Becton Dickinson, GE, Lockheed Martin, UTC, L-3 Communications, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, National Grid, Dominion, Energy Future Holdings, PSEG, 3M, Fidelity, Aetna, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck etc).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.