Material Analyst
Tallassee, AL 
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Posted 6 days ago
Job Description

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we're inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We're proud to play a part in protecting the world's democracies. And we're committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world's aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of 3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

Analyze and improve material movement accuracy from incoming receipts to finished goods shipments. Validate systematic and physical material movement synergy. Facilitate and drive improvement on material movement related processes.

Job Responsibilities
  • Perform daily inventory movement reconciliation activities to confirm accuracy and identify opportunities for improvement
  • Confirm inventory location accuracy thorough all manufacturing locations.
  • Assist Supply Chain group with materials managements and inventory accuracy related tasks.
  • Proactively communicate/escalate to the management team potential material flow gaps/constraints to trigger preventive actions in order to mitigate supply failure risk.
  • Analyse Inventory movement patterns to facilitate inventory rightsizing activities.
  • Ensure process relevant KPI's are monitored.
  • Apply PDCA approach with A3 / 5Y problem solving methods where deviation is present to ensure inventory accuracy targets are achieved and maintained.
  • Help ensure a safe work environment
  • Comply with site policies, procedures, work instructions, and risk management requirements
  • Assist with expired material coordination activities throughout the manufacturing, assembly, and test steps to support MPS work order fulfillment
  • Coordinate with warehousing to coordinate material delivery to the shop floor and material returns from the shop floor
  • Ensure that component availability and inventory-related performance metrics are achieved
Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • 5 years' warehouse / inventory experience in a manufacturing environment
  • 5+ years of MRP Experience
  • Excel
  • Must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder due to program security clearance requirements and/or SSA requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain or operations management discipline or five years of related experience in aerospace and defense manufacturing companies
  • APICS CPIM certification
  • Business analytics, problem solving, and decision making skills
  • Experience in manufacturing, assembly, and test environments at the shop floor level
  • Ability to identify, structure, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks
  • Proficiency with computers / systems used in production environments
  • Ability to collect / analyze data and create / understand reports in support of manufacturing scheduling and flows
  • Effective teamwork, integrity, negotiation, and collaboration skills
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Effective planning, organizing, communication, and conflict management skills

We'll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we've created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It's a culture that won us 'The Best Workplace Culture Award'. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We're also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We arethe place where human dreams, plus humanendeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.


GKN is an equal opportunity employer.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
High School or Equivalent
Required Experience
5+ years
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