Senior Materials Planner

As a Senior Materials Planner for CONMED, you will keep pulse on factory orders and production and direct the factory team on priorities to ensure production goals are met. This role has a high level of visibility to management and is responsible for reporting on backorder and important supply chain elevations. This is an onsite role in Largo, FL.

Responsibilities:

• Perform material, labor and capacity reviews in conjunction with other factory management personnel as part of the ongoing production planning/release process. Surface and help drive the resolution of issues as they arise.
• Monitor inventory levels to ensure position to inventory goals are maintained and excess inventory does not accumulate.
• As required, compile and publish backorder reports. Determine the root cause of the backorder and communicate to factory management, engineers, etc. Drive to eliminate the backorder and correct the root cause.
• Ensure work orders are released in a timely manner by the established factory process (discrete planned MRP work orders, visual review, etc.) to meet established aggregate goals.
• Participate in the establishment of factory production goals through the monthly Resource Requirements Planning (RRP) process.
• Routinely review lot sizes, Kanban’s, etc. to ensure the sizing is reasonable based on current production volumes and planning methodologies.
• Review and implement routine engineering change orders.
• Work on other special projects as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2 years supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with Microsoft Office and Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical and communication skills

0-20% Travel

This position is not eligible for employer based visa sponsorship.