Material Planner Jobs in Alabama (NOW HIRING)

New Flyer is North America’s heavy-duty transit bus leader, providing sustainable mobility solutions through transit buses, technology, and infrastructure. New Flyer is a subsidiary of NFI Group, a leader in propulsion agnostic bus and coach mobility solutions. Building on its 90+ year legacy of innovation, New Flyer is the only manufacturer offering all three types of zero-emission transit buses, with over 1,900 zero-emission buses delivered to date. New Flyer actively supports over 35,000 heavy-duty transit buses currently operated by approximately 500 agencies.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Materials Planner partners closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Production teams to maintain efficient operations, support engineering changes, reduce inventory discrepancies and obsolete materials, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. This position plays a key role in achieving inventory, production, quality, and cost objectives while maintaining compliance with company policies, ISO standards, Lean Manufacturing principles, and 5S practices.

Requirements

• Coordinate planning for materials department
• Coordination for processing materials to POU location by requirement date.
• Responsible for inventory accuracy and achieving inventory goals.
• Responsible for MRP; work MRP messages and monitor daily OAS (order action summary)
• Ensure all aspects of the MRB processes are followed.
• Monitor measure and meet all materials measurements.
• Drive the reduction of inventory adjustments.
• Ensure accurate implementation of Engineering Change Orders to released jobs.
• Responsible for discrete job accuracy; maintaining accuracy of 500 series requirements and accuracy of reject requirements.
• Assist in reducing obsolete inventory.
• Responsible for work orders being released to manufacturing on a timely basis; ensure release planned orders to release dates.
• Responsible for maintaining sub-inventories.
• Coordinate kitting activities from New Flyer/MCI to identified suppliers; update daily kitting reports and lists.
• Work with capacity planning to find under/over loads to determine if outsourcing or level loading is required; update weekly capacity charts.
• Ensure materials planning in the following key areas: responsible for make IR process, communication to other plants, monitor and reduce obsolete to zero, ensure gateways and bowling alleys are empty at the end of each shift, monitor and reduce past due demand to zero, reduce negatives to zero, new work order package are delivered daily, shop orders are released to start date, review daily dispatch list, release planned orders to release date, correct materials in shop order BOM as required, adjust shop order quantities increase/decreases as required, ensure mclose jobs are auctioned daily, work shop order process to completion stages
• Work with Mfg Engineering to keep routing update
• Prepare and publish past due measurement KPI’s
• Monitor and track parts status prior to and during production build.
• Attend and participate in departmental tool box meetings.
• Assist in the development, communication and deployment of policies, guidelines and tools to ensure success in all processes.
• Assist the materials team and leadership in achieving the budget in materials, supplies, salary/indirect labor, overtime, and operational expenses.
• Ensure the accuracy of data entered in the system.
• Drive continuous improvement in the supply base in support of business objectives.
• Promote and facilitate lean manufacturing / 5’s programs for materials.
• Assist and participate in cross training
• Ensure compliance to ISO Procedures, work instructions, 5P’s and promote continuous improvement within the department.
• Assist manufacturing on day to day tasks

Education (Preferred Education Only)

• APICS certification or currently enrolled in the APICS program      

Experience/Knowledge (Preferred Experience/Knowledge Only)

• 3-5 years previous experience

• Manufacturing experience

Equipment/Machines Used

• Computer and other equipment related to Essential Functions.

Specific Job Skills (eg. Computer skills, communication, motivation, organizational skills)

• Analytical skills, multi tasking, team player, ability to work in fast paced environment

Travel (indicate % of time required travel)

Physical Activity/Requirements

• General office physical activity.

• Walking, sitting.

Benefits

WHY JOIN US:

• Be a part of a team leading the world’s electrification of mass mobility.
• Competitive Wages and comprehensive benefit package with Immediate benefit eligibility.
• Paid holidays and vacation.
• 401K with generous company match.
• Passionate about creating a better product, a better workplace, and a better world
• Inclusive workplace culture that values and empowers team members.
• On-the-job training in a continuous learning environment (we invested $15.9 million in 2024) .
• Advancement opportunities within our family of companies.

OUR WHY: We exist to move people. Our mission is to design, deliver, and support market-leading bus and motorcoach solutions that are safe, accessible, efficient, and reliable. Our values—safety, quality, integrity, accountability, teamwork, and sustainability—are at the core of everything we do. NFI Group | We Move People - YouTube

Leveraging 450 years of combined experience, NFI offers a wide range of propulsion agnostic bus and coach platforms, including market leading electric models. Through its low- and zero-emission buses and coaches, infrastructure, and technology, NFI meets today’s urban demands for scalable smart mobility solutions. Together, NFI is enabling more livable cities through connected, clean, and sustainable transportation. News and information is available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, nfi.parts, www.alexander-dennis.com, arbocsv.com, and carfaircomposites.com.

New Flyer is committed to administering all employment matters in accordance with the value we place on fostering an inclusive and welcoming workplace that values the contributions of all team members. We ensure that all employment decisions are based upon merit and comply with applicable employment legislation and requirements. Accommodations are available at all stages of the recruitment process, at the candidates’ request.