Materials Management Planner

Join our team as the Materials Management Planner in Ellwood City, PA. This role will be responsible for the management of raw material suppliers to support production within our North America network. This position will have the opportunity to help develop strategies aligned to the deliverables of strengthening our resilience, driving better performance and value from our suppliers, and delivering solutions that enable us to service the customer by reducing failures from raw materials.

The successful candidate must be a self-directed achiever, possess a strategic mindset, and be an excellent cross-functional collaborator and communicator. The role will report to the Senior Planning Manager for North America Planning as part of our Nalco Water Global Supply Chain. This role will be based in Ellwood City, PA with a hybrid work schedule.

What's in it For You:

• Opportunity for a long-term career path with exposure into all areas of Ecolab's supply chain.
• Access to best-in-class resources, tools, and technology.
• Thrive in a company that values sustainability, drives a safety-focused culture and has been recognized as one of the most ethical companies in the world.

What You Will Do:

• Partner with suppliers to manage tight raw materials. Tight raw materials are defined as materials with supply chain challenges e.g., force majeure, market tightness, logistics constraints, etc.
• Develop supplier partnerships to ensure open communication regarding supply disruptions, raw material forecasting, planned shutdowns, and material allocations.
• Partner with Procurement on supplier business reviews.
• Partner with Planning, Procurement, OBL, and sites to mitigate supply chain disruptions.
• Partner with Procurement and sites on sourcing strategies and material resiliency.
• Drive raw material readiness for insource & outsource initiatives.
• Drive Inventory Health initiatives to ensure we continuously optimize inventory.
• Execute master data management e.g., safety stocks, lead times, MOQ., etc.
• Support raw material loss analysis to drive efficiencies and/or savings.
• Govern network key performance indicators (KPIs) with sites.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3 years of applicable Supply Chain Planning experience, preferably inventory management or master planning with global operations
• Strong leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills to drive decisions and build consensus among stakeholders.
• High level of proficiency with common ERP systems, specifically Materials Management (MM) and Production Planning (PP).
• Position requires a high-level proficiency with MS Office, primarily Excel.
• No immigration sponsorship for this role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related degree
• Advanced degree
• A track record of successfully delivering to Key Performance Indicators and business objectives.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal at all levels of the organization.
• APICS Certification.
• Experience in SAP
• Experience in operational excellence and project management such as TPM, Lean 6 sigma, continuous improvement, etc.

Benefits

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Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are inclusive. We are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA).

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.