
Material Analyst
- New York City, NY
- $58,000-87,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Run inventory planning and ordering to ensure material availability, premium freight, surplus and obsolete, and inventory turn goals are met
- Review delivery performance, demand history, and other data to recommend SAP material planning and forecast setting changes to meet department goals
- Work with suppliers, production, customer service, engineering, quality, and corporate purchasing to communicate and resolve material availability issues
- Analyze and coordinate material movement from purchasing to production, ensuring proper inventory levels at all times
- Report scrap data analysis to leadership
- Define and follow up on materials management indicators and targets for the team
- Participate in the identification and implementation of material planning strategies
- Analyze operating results and report weakness and variances from standard operating procedures
- Provide updates on required resources to ensure cost, inventory, service and production levels are consistent with operational objectives
- Develop and recommend standard processes for the material flow systems and procedures
- Collaborate with all involved departments to monitor and alert critical inventory levels
- Develop and implement processes to reduce material overages/shortages
- Decide proper inventory levels and successfully maintain supplies for production plan
- Maintain strong vendor relationships to ensure all company expectations are met
- Coordinate the movement of materials between sites, storage and vendors
- Communicate the most efficient and effective use of transportation of materials
- High School Diploma required; associate's degree preferred
- 3-5 years of related work experience in packaging materials and goods
- Experience required in use of SAP Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Inventory management skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Proficiency with MS Office with strong MS Excel skills
- Quality and results-focused work ethic
- Able to work independently and in a team
- Remain profession in difficult situations