Senior Advanced Planner – Core Automation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement advanced material planning initiatives across a range of customer projects.

• Facilitate procurement readiness and proactively identify supply and cost risks.

• Assist in the transition from planning to purchasing execution.

• Analyze customer SOWs, sales forecasts, project requirements, and schedules to create quarterly purchasing plans and material expenditure forecasts.

• Oversee material demand through the advanced procurement process.

• Collaborate with NPI, Engineering, Procurement, and Program Management to synchronize product releases, project milestones, material needs, and execution timelines.

• Ensure that planning inputs are thorough and precise before the Procurement handoff, including buy lists, quantities, pricing, material needs, and required dates.

• Recognize long-lead, high-risk, and schedule-critical material requirements and implement mitigation strategies.

• Track changes to project scope, schedules, material requirements, and pricing, assessing their impact on purchasing plans and expenditure forecasts.

• Promote cross-functional resolutions for planning discrepancies that affect procurement timing or project execution.

• Support ongoing improvement and standardization of advanced planning, forecasting, and procurement-readiness processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience or equivalent professional background.

• A Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Over 5 years of direct experience with ERP systems; SAP experience is highly preferred.

• Strong comprehension of material planning, procurement, demand management, and supply chain concepts.

• Ability to convert project requirements, BOMs, SOWs, or similar inputs into actionable material and purchasing plans.

• Excellent analytical skills with experience in developing forecasts, analyzing material requirements, and recognizing supply, schedule, or cost risks.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

• Experience working with ERP, MRP, or other planning systems.

• Strong attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the capability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines.

• Up to 20% travel may be necessary.

• A valid driver's license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client locations and company headquarters.

• Capability to use a personal credit card for business travel expenses during onboarding if required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Disability benefits.

• 401K.

• PTO.

• Business travel expenses reimbursed in accordance with program guidelines.

• Eligible employees may receive a corporate credit card based on their role and travel needs.