Material Planner

Job Description

Planner | BRP

The Tone:
This is a full-time Planner role at BRP. BRP is a world leader in recreational vehicles and boats, creating innovative ways to move on snow, water, asphalt, dirt, and even in the air. This position is critical to ensuring that the supply of materials consistently meets the production schedule and minimum stock levels, thereby protecting assembly line continuity. The Planner delivers efficient, effective, and flexible solutions to meet production requirements, protecting and fulfilling financial and ODC indicators while maintaining strong internal and external relationships.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Location: Not specified in job description
• Mission: Ensure the supply of materials meets the production schedule and minimum stock levels to guarantee assembly line continuity and achieve financial and operational objectives.
• Tech Stack: SAP, MRP program, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Supply Line Continuity: Ensure that the supply of materials consistently meets the production schedule and maintains minimum stock levels, actively protecting assembly line continuity and fulfilling financial and ODC indicators.
• Data & System Accuracy: Ensure parameters are accurate in SAP for all assigned materials, perform daily MD06 maintenance to set necessary actions on exception codes, and monitor shipping compliance and due dates according to internal guidelines.
• Inventory and Obsolescence Control: Monitor inventory for all assigned materials, verify inventory record accuracy, address inaccuracies with the logistics team, get involved in root cause analysis for incidents, and take overall responsibility for obsolescence and overstock governance, including the chargeback process.
• Risk Management & Mitigation: Ensure timely, accurate, and pertinent escalation of supply chain risks, supervise planning risks with contingency plans in place, and take ownership of material planning issues that arise, including over or under delivery.
• Collaboration & Efficiency: Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and key support areas, work with cross-functional teams and the Purchasing team to deliver effective solutions, support continuous improvement initiatives internally and with suppliers, and ensure demand is met even with capacity constraints.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a similar field.
• Experience: At least 5 years of experience in Material Planning Process or Logistics roles.
• Skills: Supply chain knowledge, Advanced Excel Skills, MRP program Knowledge, Risk escalation, Solution design, develop and implementation.