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Belcan Material Planner in Cary, North Carolina
Material Planner
Job Number: 362940
Category: Professional First / Mid Mgmt
Description: Job Title: Material Planner
Start Date: ASAP
Job Type: Contract-to-Hire
Pay Rate: $45/hr
Schedule: Hybrid (Cary, NC)
Job Summary:
The Material Planner is responsible for coordinating toller production activities to ensure alignment with demand priorities and planning cycles. This role manages daily and weekly production schedules, monitors execution, and proactively resolves issues related to capacity, material availability, and logistics.
Working cross-functionally with supply planning, procurement, material scheduling, inventory management, and logistics teams, the consultant ensures timely material readiness, accurate ERP updates, and seamless intercompany transfers. The position also tracks toller performance and supports continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production efficiency and reliability.
Responsibilities:
Owns toller coordination, ensuring production scheduling aligns with FF&P planners and demand priorities while maintaining adherence to frozen periods and committed production slots
Coordinates daily/weekly production plans with tollers, ensuring smooth execution by tracking output, resolving scheduling conflicts, and mitigating production delays. Works closely with FF&P planners to align production priorities
Monitors production execution, proactively identifying and addressing issues related to toller capacity, material shortages, or unexpected disruptions. Escalates unresolved risks to supply planning and procurement teams
Ensures material availability by aligning with the Material Scheduler to confirm AI, co-formulants, and packaging readiness for planned production runs. Collaborates with suppliers and logistics teams to ensure timely deliveries.
Tracks and reports toller inventory levels, working with the Inventory Manager to identify potential shortages, excess stock, or discrepancies at toller sites.
Feeds production output data into ERP systems, ensuring visibility of completed batches and enabling accurate intercompany transfer orders, stock movements, and replenishment planning.
Collaborates with Logistics & Distribution, ensuring timely execution of intercompany transfers for finished goods and AI. Aligns on outbound logistics, transportation planning, and carrier coordination to facilitate seamless material movement.
Provides input on toller performance, tracking adherence to schedules, production efficiency, and issue resolution. Supports continuous improvement initiatives in collaboration with supply planning and procurement teams.
Requirements:
3-5 years planning / scheduling experience, ideally APICS certified
Strong understanding of production scheduling and material availability, including alignment with planning cycles, toller capacity constraints, and frozen periods
Experience managing production planning with tollers or internal production, ensuring timely execution and issue resolution in outsourced environments
Excellent problem-solving skills for resolving operational issues under tight timelines, such as capacity bottlenecks, material shortages, and unexpected production delays
Strong communication skills for cross-functional coordination, engaging with supply planners, material planners, logistics, and tollers to align on production priorities and resolve conflicts
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, balancing production schedules, material readiness, and logistics
Comfortable working with ERP and planning tools to input and track toller production data, ensuring accurate system updates for material movements and transfers
Proficiency in English and local toller language
If you are interested in this role, please apply via the apply now link provided. Our overriding goal is to provide quality staffing solutions that help people, organizations, and communities succeed. Belcan is a leading provider of qualified personnel to many of the world's most respected enterprises. We offer excellent opportunities for contract, temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct assignments. We are the employer of choice for thousands worldwide. For more information, please visit our website at Belcan.com
EOE/F/M/D/V
Location: Cary , NC
Minimum Experience (yrs): 4+
Required Education: Associate (AA, AS...)
Salary: 45.00 /hour
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