Do you want to take your next step in a rewarding career being a part of supplying major brands across the country and helping to protect our troops? Do you want to work for an innovative company that is building towards the future? Come work with us!

BGF Industries is an historical leader in technical textile materials, providing our employees with the opportunity to support some of the world’s largest and most critical industries. From automotive and electric vehicle insulation to surfboard glass, ballistic armor and aerospace composites, we continue to invest in ourselves, expanding our capabilities to constantly enter new industries and improve on existing textile technology. At BGF, we value our employees and care about their interests, enabling well-rounded industry education, and providing an inclusive culture that is intellectual, challenging and all-around positive.

PRIMARY FUNCTION: This is a multifunctional role and is the onsite Planner/Scheduler/Purchasing Representative for the Cheraw, SC and acts as the liaison between the customer and plant regarding orders and shipments. Perform Administrative duties in the areas as required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Planning:

Responsible for the medium-term planning process (rolling 12 month's forecast) capacity outlook, achieving target service levels while optimizing the trade-offs between production capacity constraints & inventory levels
Support the Capacity outlook and the S&OP process; own a part of the demand review meetings on a monthly (and weekly) basis as base of understanding for volatility in demand as well as owning capacity related settings and outlook to drive discussions and create simulations, if necessary
Manage and develop production planning within agreed standards (inventory policies, target service level, batch sizes, lead-time for make to stock, assemble/finish-to-order products), in order to achieve a medium-term production plan that is feasible to move into the scheduling horizon

Procurement:

Ensure the procurement of necessary raw materials needed for the whole production process, for both RM Suppliers and Subcontractors,
Maintain optimum inventory levels to ensure on-time deliveries to meet customer needs,
Support continuing programs of exploration for new materials, suppliers, and processes to achieve the best possible quality, reliability, prices, continuity, and delivery,

Customer Service:

The voice of the customer in the Porcher organization and knows how to make our constraints heard when necessary.
Keeps up to date all the data inherent to the customers for whom he/she is responsible in the M3 ERP (customer file, customer orders, price/validity list, information/customer requirements, etc.)
Ensure that customer article links are up to date (OIS005); intervene with the IT, Quality department if necessary

Scheduling:

Schedule assigned production departments utilizing raw/input materials, available operators, and available equipment
Verify raw material availability to meet schedule requirements. Enter Distribution Orders (DO) between warehouses to ensure no production wait time. Order any support materials necessary to meet schedule requirements (e.g. reeds).
Utilize M3 to generate production schedules, distribution orders, calculate MRP, any other function deemed necessary to meet customer demand and delivery dates

MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree or 5 years Supply Chain Planning experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Master's degree; preferably in Supply Chain and/or Production covering Procurement, Inventory and Production Planning, Customs and Transportation
APICS CPIM certification preferred and/or CPSM
Strong experience within manufacturing planning
Min. 5 years’ experience in Planning or Supply Chain roles: Procurement, Production and Inventory planning
Robust understanding of the planning function and processes: MPS, S&OP
Experience in Lean Manufacturing: Value Stream Mapping, Pull Flow, Kanban
Knowledge of, and experience with forecasting and supply planning tools (e.g., M3 as a plus, SAP, etc.)
Analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities
Can function autonomously and in a team, can lead and develop people
Can take actions and make sure corrective plan is in place
Ability to influence and mobilize broad range of stakeholders to achieve desired project/business outcome
Able to build and maintain relationships with people at different levels and communicate with senior stakeholders at different levels in organization
Be Customer-oriented

*This job is onsite each day in our Cheraw, SC location

*No relocation or sponsorship at this time.

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