Planner, Supply Chain- Uncertified

Avient Corporation • Avon Lake, OH • 2h ago

The Commodity Supply Planner position provides the single point of contact between the supplier and customer service. This individual's primary role is to assist with the critical day to day tactical scheduling and ordering necessary for all of Avient Distribution's needs for their respective suppliers. This position's specific responsibilities are to plan inventory levels per the specific supplier goals, ensure optimal inventory deployment and manage inventory levels to meet service levels. The position requires strong computer and analytical skills combined with the ability to deal with large amounts of quantitative data. This individual must have the ability to actively listen to customer and supplier issues, efficiently troubleshoot problems and implement solutions in a timely manner.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Drives customer satisfaction and Avient profitability by balancing inventory levels and order fulfillment within established working capital guidelines.
Enters, maintains and updates MRP forecasts for POD customers.
Review MRP run output and create purchase orders.
Purchase materials in most cost effective manner to meet customer requirements.
Consider order quantities, hub and spoke opportunities, logistics modes and other cost savings opportunities.
Build truckload STO deliveries to stocking points where possible based on material demand.
Review MRP data to identify inventory and delivery exceptions.
Define plan to resolve issues short term and long term.
Maintain MRP forecasts and item notes by establishing effective communications with POD Sellers and CSR's.
Answer material requests from POD CSR's.
Aids in managing the supply chain to meet operating plans balancing service needs and costs.
Perform daily schedule maintenance based on new production/customer information.
Interact with supplier CSR's and POD sellers/DM's to resolve issues and build consensus.
Maintain forecasted demand for stock-able products at specific warehouses using forecasting models in SAP.
Analyze and maintain data to create information on safety stock levels and forecasting requirements.
Work with Customer Service and Sales to resolve aged inventory issues.
Physical/Environ. Demands
Office Environment.
Scope
This position has purchasing responsibilities for assigned suppliers at the business unit level.
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.
Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.
By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.
At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, develop

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