Materials Planner
Role Overview
The Materials Planner ensures customer expectations for on-time delivery are met by effectively managing order acknowledgments, material availability, and supply flow.
This role partners with suppliers, production teams, and customer service representatives to maintain a reliable raw-material pipeline and address daily fulfillment needs.
The Materials Planner also identifies constraints, analyzes opportunities for improvement, and supports projects that strengthen department performance and enable growth across increasingly complex product families.
Key Skills for This Role
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Key Responsibilities
- Analyze customer orders, production capacity, and material availability to establish accurate promise ship dates. Develop and maintain Master Production Schedules for assigned manufacturing areas. Monitor inventory levels, safety stock, and replenishment strategies to optimize availability, inventory turns, and efficiency. Secure raw materials from internal and external suppliers in alignment with forecasts, customer demand, and production requirements. Coordinate timely and accurate receipt and delivery of materials to the manufacturing facility. Partner with Customer Service, Manufacturing, and suppliers to manage schedule changes, expedited orders, lead-time improvements, and supply constraints. Maintain accurate planning data in ASI, including lead times, safety-stock levels, order changes, and other critical system information. Participate in daily production and cross-functional meetings, continuous-improvement initiatives, and internal/external audits, including ISO, safety, 5S, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Education and Experience
- Required: Bachelor’s Degree Minimum 2 years planning experience Experience with ERP Systems Customer services & Leadership skills Desired Skills: AS/400 MRP II and SAP Systems experience Power BI Bilingual This position does not support immigration sponsorship. The range for this position is $71,930.00 - $98,904.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. A job that shapes a life. Corning offers you the total package. Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one. Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win. As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service. Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family. Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at [email protected] .
Preferred Qualifications
- Required: Bachelor’s Degree Minimum 2 years planning experience Experience with ERP Systems Customer services & Leadership skills Desired Skills: AS/400 MRP II and SAP Systems experience Power BI Bilingual This position does not support immigration sponsorship. The range for this position is $71,930.00 - $98,904.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. A job that shapes a life. Corning offers you the total package. Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one. Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win. As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service. Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family. Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at [email protected] .
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