Senior Supply Planner

Your Career. Your Impact. Your Future.   At Gentherm, we believe the next big breakthrough begins with you. As a global leader in thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies, we develop advanced systems that deliver meaningful solutions to enhance health, wellness, comfort, and efficiency in everyday life. Our products and innovations are created for you, by you.  Be part of our team where a human-centric mindset drives everything we do—from the technologies we build to the careers we support. With decades of expertise, we have pioneered advanced solutions that have become a standard expectation for consumers around the world.  The same thoughtful approach we take in developing our technologies guides how we support your career: purposeful, impactful, and tailored to you. Because when you thrive, innovation thrives.  SENIOR SUPPLY PLANNER IMPACT and OPPORTUNITY The main function of Procurement Planner is to be executed in accordance with MRP demand and guarantee and ensure material is available with the right stock, right transport mode, right time to support production plans. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Execute procurement in accordance with MRP demand. Ensures raw materials inventories are at agreed targets. Escalate issues in a timely manner to the procurement manager. Address SAP daily alerts.   Inform team members of potential and real shortages of raw materials in advance of incident responsible for expediting coordination from supplier to production line.  Assure weekly releases are successfully transmitted to suppliers.  Assure suppliers adhere to transportation routing instructions, and premium costs are minimized when they occur. Execute procurement in accordance with MRP demand Ensures raw materials inventories are at agreed targets Ensure follow up and final attainment. Follow and execute engineering changes, SOPs and EOPs with master scheduler, Engineering and Quality Department.  Communicate ramp up/down plan to suppliers and obtain delivery confirmations. Participate  in evaluation of suppliers,  assure potential contract, supplier capacity and delivery  problems are addressed before they impact Gentherm operations. Report monthly on new slow moving and obsolescence risks. Document and assure organization is informed monthly of high dollar. impact obsolescence. Alert master scheduler of any error message on mrp exist in the system. Confirm Import/Export department readiness for new materials. Assure new product purchasing documents, SA’s, have been loaded in SAP. Attend monthly SIOPs, communicate supplier delivery and supply risks provide action plans to mitigate issues. Accountable for supplier delivery to 100% on time. Ensures suppliers are held accountable for costs of poor delivery. Motivate suppliers to recognize GTHM as a valuable customer, to understand GTHM needs and technical interfaces. Process PFA approvals in a timely manner and charges are…