Material planner

About the role

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

About the role

The primary purpose of the Material Planner is to provide management of inventory, materials and equipment capacity relating to planning customer requirements, planning materials, monitor planning of production orders to meet inventory objectives, customer delivery expectations, operational efficiencies and company objectives.

What You Get To Do

• Geographic Scope: plant specific
• Number of colleagues directly reporting to this job: 0
• Acts as a safety leader and puts safety first in all responsibilities.
• Review, Plan and Monitor customer inventory, purchase orders and reporting.
• Analyze inventory data to manage orders to Min/Max levels
• Assist with Vendor Managed Inventory Programs and Atlas
• Maintain BDN, CPS, and active items in the system
• Maintains purchase orders on Internal and External PO logs and distributes to appropriate personnel. Updates SAP as needed.
• Determines disposition of film identified on monthly old and obsolete stock inventory reports; manage raw material inventory levels first in, first out (FIFO).
• Prepares monthly charts on aged inventories and distributes to appropriate personnel.
• Coordinates the transfer of required raw materials among the plant operations where required.
• Assists in resolution of materials inventory location problems.
• Assists with Cycle Counting and Inventory Management
• Enters orders, data, in SAP as needed to support customer orders and production schedules.
• Oversees material management for the facility to include new production to meet production schedules and confirms order acknowledgement.
• Manages material requisitions for each order and manages oversize stock usage and allocations. (Films and WIP materials)
• Manages raw material claim management, data entry, communication and closure.
• Provides updates to departmental key performance indicators (KPI’s) on a regular basis.
• Acts as a back-up to other Scheduling/ Planning positions as needed
• Act as a back up to SMS and SAP
• Develop standard work and training plan
• Monitor work and provide feedback
• Develop consumable supply strategy
• Maintain tools for understanding demand
• Manage min/max and reorder points based on usage
• Manage and maintain film supply
• Monitor usage and suggest/implement safety stocks
• Develop standard work
• Own aged inventory reduction for relevant materials
• Investigate aged inventory and identify opportunities for usage

What We Value

• Must have effective communications skills, both oral and written, to successfully interact with Customer Service, Manufacturing, Interplant customers, other Planners and all co-workers.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills are essential
• Strong organizational skills to handle large volume of paper flow and determine appropriate priorities.
• Strong math and typing skills
• PC skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and the ability to learn new software programs
• Ability to identify and propose possible solutions to production Ability to work independently and be self-motivated

What We Want From You

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Ops Management or a related field, or an equivalent combination of formal education and work experience.
• 5 years of scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment to include inventory management experience
• Basic level of business acumen including the drivers of operating profit and working capital as it relates to materials planning.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel) and mainframe operations as it relates to procurement
• SAP/Ariba Experience Preferred
• Regular attendance.
• Ability to sit up 90% of time.
• Ability to communicate up to 100% of time.
• Ability to move from one place to another up to 60% of time.
• Ability to work on a computer 100% of time.
• Ability to travel domestically/internationally/globally 0% of time.
• Office Environment

Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
• The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity:

Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
• Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
• Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)