Material Requirement Planning Analyst (MRP)
in Los Angeles County

Overall Purpose of the Role

• Responsible for planning and forecasting the right volumes of materials, goods and products inbound to the business from its supply chain companies to meet business needs and objectives
• Maintains strong relationships both internally and externally to ensure supply of materials meets requirements
• Work under general supervision, reviewed by Management. Decisions and results have an impact on the function and their success

Key Responsibilities

General and Task Management

• Create plans, forecasts and schedules relating to materials required to meet operational requirements
• Liaise with stakeholders as and when required
• Undertake detailed and comprehensive analysis on material costs and identify opportunities for bulk discounts or cost savings from suppliers
• Make recommendations based on findings and analysis
• Review ways to save money and maintain consistency in material quality
• Monitor variances and recommend process improvements
• Participate in regular planning reviews and prepare data in line with changes
• Monitor data input to any Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system or IT system for accuracy and resolve any issues as required
• Review data integrity for the Bill of Materials (BOM), evaluate usage and cost of materials in relation to actual build
• Monitor inventory levels against agreed target levels
• Track inventory trends
• Create inventory reports and updates to others in the organization
• Create supplier metrics. Issue and maintain performance metrics in order to optimize service levels
• Communicate with stakeholders sharing reports, updates and analysis to aid decisions and optimize operational efficiency
• Work with Material Planning staff to resolve issues, update material schedules and ensure supporting MRP systems reflect forecast and demand for products
• Utilize knowledge and research methods to benchmark materials planning activities and to drive best practice results
• Work towards and support a culture of continuous improvement and work to make business and department improvements wherever possible
• Ability to self-manage
• Assertive, optimistic, resilient and welcomes change
• Engages interest and participation of others
• Proactively contributes to the team
• Is self-aware and has a collaborative approach to dealing with others
• Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings
• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure

Skills and Attributes

• Excellent analytical, planning and problem-solving skills
• Ability to undertake complex analysis to create information and to interpret data and trends
• Numerate with financial and commercial awareness and a full understanding of how failure impacts the production, manufacture and customer order fulfilment
• Good communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally
• Results orientated with the ability to plan and deliver against deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail skills

Qualifications and Experience Levels

• Undergraduate degree, preferable in business, data analytics, engineering or other similar discipline
• Strong Excel and IT system proficiency; MRP system experience highly desirable
• Relevant industry experience either in material planning, data analysis, logistics or supply chain, ideally in the manufacturing environment