Aftermarket Material Planner - QuEST Global Engineering Services

Quest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.

We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.

As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.

The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate Planning and Control of customer orders, schedules and forecasts.
• Manage planning in support of Engineering Changes, Field Support Requirements, Project /Program launch and run out with minimal business impact
• Produce accurate and concise data / reports
• Assure inventory and service goals are met and drive the result of zero customer disappointments
• Review inventory parameters and implement strategies for materials to optimize levels to exceed KPI objectives
• Responsible for data accuracy and maintenance of planning parameters within MRP system
• Work closely with Buyers and the Supply Chain team to maintain efficiency within the department
• Use Delivery Failure Reports to find root causes of delivery failures and improve supplier performance
• Generate and distribute weekly reports to measure and track Key Performance Indicators
• Undertake a variety of other activities, that are within a Material Planner’s capabilities as instructed by your manager

Required Skills (Technical Competency):

• 5 yrs of demand management, inventory management, material planning, procurement
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems (SAP, MFGPro, etc), ideally Oracle
• Experience analyzing data (Excel, PowerBI, Tableau) and building models to create scenarios, draw conclusions and provide recommendations
• Demonstrated aptitude for communication and collaboration across multiple process partners and customers
• Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement or related fields

Desired Skills:

• Masters Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement or related fields

Physical Requirements & Work Environment:

• Mostly Office Environments, Occasional Shop Floor involvement.
• Substantial amounts of telephone and computer work.
• Heavily Regulated Industries with strict adherence to procedures.
• Flexibility to meet business deadlines by staying late or arriving early.
• Typical 8 hour days plus lunch / 40 hour weeks / core (required) hours are 9AM to 4PM
• Ability to use personal transportation to visit customer locations.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.