Raw Material Planner in Painesville

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Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible™ products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2024 were $8.8 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Job Description

The Raw Material Planner reports to the Master Production Scheduler and prepares business related analyses and research for Supply Chain, Materials Management, and/or Logistics. This role focuses on activities related to Buying, Planning, Scheduling, and Inventory / Material Control. This role also focuses on improvements to processes and preparing reports, graphs and charts of data and/or ensuring efficiency.

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential functions may include, but are not limited to: 

• Manage and improve raw material planning and ordering processes: conduct daily planning / ordering for all chemical raw materials; analyze raw material usage in response to demand or supply changes; improve and standardize daily planning processes.

• Maintain and improve vendor management process involved in forecasting and ordering

• Manage site raw material inventory to achieve service and inventory objectives.  Oversee site inventory management processes for raws (cycle counts, loss reduction projects, and SLOB inventory).

• Identify and lead projects to improve raw planning, inventory management, and service.

• Provide support for new product introduction or transitions

• Resolves all invoice exceptions by working with finance, accounts payable, material handling, and other raw buyer(s)

• Coordinates all international orders by working with customer service, scheduling, transportation, and shipping

• Helps with sales order management by monitoring customer service requests and communicating with the appropriate schedulers to see if improvements can be made on hot orders

• Assists with key inventory initiatives across the site, including SLOB analysis and management, zone roll consumption, and physical inventory preparation

• Manage the daily editor schedule by working with the operations, scheduling and engineering, to prioritize items

• Additional responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

•  High school diploma or equivalent required , Bachelors degree

• 2 years previous scheduling, planning, or supply chain experience.  Knowledge of General Supply Chain, Materials Management, and Logistics required.

• Detail oriented and excellent analytical, mathematical, organizational, verbal and written communication skills

• Results oriented focus and ability to take ownership to resolve issues.

• Flexibility and willingness to initiate change and lead change.

• High customer focus: ability to proactively identify and meet customer needs.

• Ability to interface with cross-functional groups to define and execute overall requirements.

• Ability to use enterprise lean sigma (ELS) problem solving tools to identify root cause, including A3 Thinking, or other lean methodology.

• Ability to work well with all levels of management and employees.

• Familiarity in process documentation and improvement.

• Understanding of applicable computer systems, such as Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes and ERP systems.

Requirements 

• APICS certification .

Additional Information

The salary range for this position is $70,275 - $86,700/ year. The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting. Actual salaries will vary within the range, and in some circumstances may be above or below the range, based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant skills, experience, education and training, and location, as well as the job scope and complexity, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position, which may change depending on the candidate pool. Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , , , , , , , protected veteran status, or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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