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Job Posting Title
Material Planner/Scheduler
Job Description Summary
Responsible for scheduling and managing customer shipments, monitoring production and controlling the procurement of raw materialEnsures raw materials are maintained at optimal levels to cover manufacturing while achieving inventory targetsEnsure manufacturing maintains a smooth production plan with a steady flow of materialsInteract and manage relationships with trading partnersProcess supplier forecasts to ensure alignment with production planning and forecasting
Job Description
*Manage customer weekly and daily ship requirements and window times; communicate with production and shipping departments. Proactively react to changes.
*Responsible to track raw material replenishment to ensure production coverage
*Utilize reports to support daily and weekly operations
*Help coordinate and communicate daily production build requirements to satisfy customer demand and maintain inventory targets
*Review and maintain supplier forecasts on a weekly basis; maintain cums
*Communicate proactively with trading partners
*Expedite inbound and outbound material by identifying problems and resolutions
*Regularly maintain pull loop size based on PFEP recommendations
*Monitor and update the PFEP collection plans for accuracy
*Proactively elevate critical supply issues to management
*Proactively elevate critical delivery issues to management
*Utilize the supplier scorecard and troubleshoot poor performing suppliers; work closely to improve supplier performance
*Utilize the supplier scorecard to initiate internal operational improvements
*Maintain inventory targets while continuing smooth operations
*Responsible to follow safe practices
*All other duties as assigned.
Required Skills and Education
BA/BS in related field or experience and skills to equivalent
About American Axle & Manufacturing
For over 20 years, customers around the world have entrusted AAM to design, engineer, validate and manufacture driveline and metal forming technologies for automotive, commercial and industrial markets. Today, we are a premier global Tier 1 automotive supplier with broad capabilities across multiple product lines to deliver efficient, powerful and innovative solutions for our customers. We've earned the trust of our suppliers and our customers through our steadfast commitments to quality, operational excellence and technology leadership.
AAM delivers power. We deliver power literally through vehicle components, systems and innovation, but we also deliver power in ways unseen. We power our associates, their families, and the communities in which we operate. Our global team of over 21,000 associates has a clear vision of where AAM is going and how we are going to get there. After all, they are the reason we are a leader in the automotive industry. We are powering the future. We are AAM. Move with us, and join #TeamAAM.
AAM will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. AAM will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail TalentAcquisition@aam.com . AAM is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters
Please note that as per AAM policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters were engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that AAM will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.
AAM will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. AAM will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law.
