Raw Materials Planner AnalystSaint-Gobain

Saint-Gobain est présent dans 70 pays avec plus de 170 000 collaborateurs. Le Groupe mobilise les savoir-faire de ses sociétés et propose une offre de solutions pour des bâtiments confortables, plus économes en énergie et plus agréables à vivre au quotidien. Il positionne également ses matériaux de haute performance sur les marchés industriels et de consommation tels que l'automobile, l'aéronautique, la santé ou l'énergie.

Why work for us?

At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

What's the job?

The Raw Material Planner is to manage all incoming raw materials to the Shakopee, MN facility. The Raw Material Planner will plan, order and verify receipt of the raw materials required for the production of finished goods. This person works closely with corporate planning to manage specified raw materials, using all available scheduling tools and resources to efficiently utilize the plant's resources consistent with forecasts and customer service objectives.

Key Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with centralized planning to develop supply chain plans to meet customer demand and working capital targets.
• Effectively manage the raw material inventory to support future production schedules and warehouse capacity.
• Daily, weekly, monthly, review of existing and future production planning and budgetary planning preparations.
• Conducts monthly raw material physical inventory assessments and cycle counts.
• Be an active contributor to cost reduction initiatives.
• Maintain raw material master data to best utilize our planning system.
• Collaborate with production scheduling and manufacturing to optimize manufacturing work schedules.
• Ensure raw material availability to support daily production and schedule conformance.
• Communicate with raw material category managers on supply chain issues and fill out vendor scorecards.
• Work with Quality team regarding raw material quality issues, returns or vendor feedback.
• Support Purchasing and Accounts Payable with vendor invoice resolution.
• Attend all operational, production and maintenance related staff meetings.
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives and World Class Manufacturing initiatives.
• Other duties as specified.

What do you bring?

• Minimum high school diploma with a 2 or 4-year degree preferred with equivalent experience considered.
• A minimum of two years of experience in the planning and movement of raw materials in a manufacturing setting.
• Prior warehouse/logistics experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills. Well organized with strong follow through and follow-up skills.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Familiarity with SAP a plus!