Buyer II

Material Planner

International Vitamin Corporation (IVC) is a leading global manufacturer of vitamins and nutritional supplements with more than half a century of private label and contract manufacturing experience, an impeccable quality and regulatory compliance record, and with new resources focused on enriching the health and lives of others. We currently have an opening for a Material Planner as part of our Material Planning team in our Greenville, SC location.

As an experienced Planner, will partner with peers and colleagues to seek opportunities to continuously improve our material planning processes, demonstrate high level of commitment to service to our customers and support operations while maintaining inventory targets.

The role is responsible for inbound material planning activities ensuring production requirements are met, minimizing disruption through effective mitigation of material shortages, controlling obsolescence and partnering with Finished goods planning to maximize throughput and prevent unscheduled downtime. Role will follow all processes associated with material planning to ensure support of manufacturing across our North American manufacturing facilities (6 locations) as assigned.

Owns material planning activities, supporting SIOP, plant efficiencies, customer service and material inventory targets.

Partners with Supply planning team to ensure material supply enables production prioritization, achieving customer service targets & confirms ability to supply future material demands beyond order period.

Partners with Sourcing to ensure continuity of supply; involvement in Vendor performance management, review of consumption vs. forecast, escalation of supply constraints / risks including vendor communication.

Work directly with Vendors to confirm delivery schedules, expedites and support issue resolution.

Takes responsibility for making recommendations to balance inventory levels to prevent out of stock conditions. Investigates alternatives to streamline inventory levels and implements effective solutions.

Responsible for managing appropriate inventory levels, managing aging and quality held items and performing analytics to make improvement recommendations for own portfolio.

Works cross functionally to support all new and changes to products. Owns material planning for new products; materials arrive on time, in full and are available for production for their assigned portfolio.

Identifies and addresses issues when they arise, aiming for minimum disruption.

Works to find root cause of issues and partners with the wider team to find sustainable solutions.

Shows personal commitment to enhancing planning, business understanding and customer focus skills, demonstrating growth with the goal of continuous improvement in cost and delivery.

3+ years (preferred) of supply chain process experience in supply planning and / or material planning

Bachelor's degree in business, preferably in supply chain

Excellent communication skills

Effective collaborator with demonstrated ability to work as part of a team

Experience with ERP systems, preferably Oracle

Ability to prioritize own work load, with strong organizational and problem-solving skills

Comfortable working with Microsoft Office suite of products, especially Microsoft Excel (including pivot tables and vlookups)

Travel is minimal but may be necessary at times to work with partners in manufacturing locations.