Senior Material Planner

Dana Incorporated

15d

About The Position

Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving two primary markets – passenger vehicle and commercial truck – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.Job PurposeThis role is responsible for maintaining inventory levels to ensure an uninterrupted supply of material to support production in the facility.

Responsibilities

Analyze material requirements and initiate appropriate vendor material release schedules
Responsible for maintaining inventory levels to ensure an uninterrupted supply of material while at the same time, operating within established ordering rule constraints
Maintain inventory to hit established inventory targets, and fill rates.
Monitor Customer past dues to ensure the best Customer Service.
Analyze and report significant vendor delivery problems to department manager and DGP.
Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with supplier contacts through frequent phone contact and plant visitations
Continuously monitor ongoing material requirements versus availability, supplier delivery to schedule, net changes and material rejection or loss
Coordinate shipments from suppliers to minimize freight cost.
Communicate material availability information as required to master Customer Service, sales and plant production
Identify unresolved problems and communicate to Dana Global Purchasing.
Maintain records of material at outside subcontractors or obligation material at vendors
Develop, review, and update inventory standards, ordering rules, vendor information and lead times to most efficiently order and manage inventory and measure supplier performance
Review excess and obsolete inventories and provide to management recommendations for disposition
Participate in implementation of engineering changes and new model introductions. Monitor the status of new part PPAP
Coordinate the phase in of new suppliers or re-sourcing programs
Identify quantity and plan any special banks for vendor protection, new model phase-in, special safety stocks, etc.
Train and serve as back up for shop floor scheduler when needed.
Train and serve as back up for shipping supervisors when needed.
Initiate purchase order requests
Provide information to Accounts Payable as needed
Communicate material shortages and requirements to internal Dana customers and suppliers as required.