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Position Description:

Material Planner are tasked to work on a variety of different components that vary from location to location. Activities include, but are not limited to, reviewing BOM's, coordinating and supporting daily counts, communicating daily critical parts to purchasing, converting planned orders into production orders, covering line planners when needed, walking the lines and Identifying parts that can be returned and assisting production with correcting inventory so they can return excess materials, Monitoring picks, Kanban racks, and negatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Below are examples of the type of duties you could be responsible for:

• Create, enter, and manage daily production picks.
• Review BOMs to ensure material availability for production.
• Pull the schedule and run the PIK's based off the schedule utilizing PLR 100 in AS400
• Send daily critical parts reports to purchasing.
• Email PIK to material coordinator to print and distribute to the team.
• Enter any MSR and/or CCR for product issues on your line/lines.
• Identifying and reporting issues with the TRS Reporting structure
• Assist with entering non-conforming tags, scrap tags, and RTW
• Help locate missing materialon their line/lines.
• Verify inventory levels and ensure accuracy across warehouse and production locations.
• Investigate and resolve negative inventory issues.
• Perform daily soft counts and correct inventory discrepancies.
• Walk production lines to identify excess materials and assist with inventory corrections and material returns.
• Convert released planned orders for production.
• Monitor fab planner by closing, deleting, or releasing planned orders
• Address material shortages by coordinating with production, purchasing, planners, and other appropriate departments.
• Coordinate regularly with production coordinators, supervisors, planners, and purchasing teams.
• Maintain knowledge of warehouse functions within AS400.
• Understand controlled storage and outside storage locations.
• Utilize knowledge of line locations and material drop areas.
• Demonstrate strong troubleshooting skills.
• Be willing to work overtime and in adverse weather conditions as needed.
• Handle additional tasks and responsibilities as they arise throughout the day.

Tools & Equipment:

Below is a list of examples of the potential tools and equipment you may find yourself working with depending upon your department and location. Wabash provides all the necessary training for you to feel comfortable and confident to excel at your new career with us.

• Personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Forklift
• Tugger
• Tractor
• Hoist
• Load Securement
• AS400 Program
• Crane

Qualifications:

• High school degree or G.E.D. equivalent is required.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• Must be able to pass PIV (power industrial vehicle) training.
• Basic reading, writing, math, & verbal skills.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Must have both written and verbal (give instructions) communication skills.
• Good people skills required.
• Must have the ability to learn and run required computer applications.
• Possess required math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Must have the ability to understand and apply engineering specifications, Change Orders, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Good problem-solving skills required.

Knowledge, Training, Skills and/or Experience:

Experience and education are a plus; however, it's not required. Wabash provides training for all material handler positions. Upon receiving a letter from us, you'll undergo orientation and several days of training, preparing you for the production floor. Working conditions may consist of loud noise, welding, paint fumes, and grinding dust.

Benefits:

• Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision Included
• 401k with match
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

Working Conditions/Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. An employee in this position works in an environment in which safety, environmental, and health concerns may demand constant attention. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, as well as moving mechanical parts and vibrations. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at job sites where the noise level can be very loud with high temperatures and be exposed to outside elements at times.

Due to the work environment, all employees on the production floor must wear the necessary personal production equipment (PPE). At Wabash, we pride ourselves on being empowered. Wabash is committed to provide equal employment opportunity for its associates and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, and sex.

Physical Demands:

As an employee in this department, you are regularly required to stand, walk, climb, sit, bend, kneel, stoop, handle and operate controls for the length of their entire shift. The employee needs a full range of motion in arms and hands in this position. All personnel must be able to successfully communicate with fellow employees as well. In this position, some employees also work in small spaces throughout their shift and frequently lift and/or carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus, along with good hand-eye coordination.

Behavioral Attributes:

• Identifies the existence and cause of a problem.
• Takes initiative, persists at tasks and pursues completion of objectives.
• Knowledgeable & confident in communicating information.
• Shares information with others to help them perform their jobs safer and better.
• Copes successfully with unexpected events.
• Develops plans to achieve objectives & identifies resources needed to accomplish objectives.
• Resolves conflicting priorities and accomplishes work on time.

Leadership Attributes:

At Wabash, we pride ourselves on being empowering, and there are some things we feel very strongly about:

• Embrace Diversity and Inclusion - Solicit and respect the input of others, celebrate differences, and strive for transparency and inclusiveness.
• Seek to Listen - Actively listen to reach the best solution and make the strongest decisions.
• Always Learn - Strive to improve; do not quit or settle or settle for the status quo.
• Be Authentic - Demonstrate honesty, incredible energy, and grit in everything you do.
• Win Together - Collaborate, seek alignment, and excel at cross-group communication to success as one team and One Wabash.

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement:

Wabash is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for its associates and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or other protected class or activity under federal, state, or local law. All employment decisions must be based on neutral, legitimate criteria. All employment policies and rules shall be applied equally to similarly situated associates.