responsible for planning materials to ensure support for Engineering development and New Product Introduction.
The purpose is to balance the objectives of Engineering support and interface with procurement to secure supply from our preferred suppliers.
**ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Planning the material availability of all required materials in engineering.
- Manage all materials for engineering builds and/or engineering change orders from inception through the handoff to production
- Managing Bills of Materials in support of engineering builds
- Planning, prioritizing and processing purchase order requisition packages
- Review and management of new part setup in the ERP system
- Review of documentation for all parts in a given BOM
- Managing engineering change orders for current released production products
- Participate on project teams and may be responsible for analyzing data and proposing process improvement and the generation or management of key reports, metrics, and projects
- Developing and analyzing periodic reports
- Resolve supply issues by working with in-house partners
- Help develop and maintain procedures or work instructions
- Ensure proper hardware configuration via Engineering change evaluation and incorporation
- Inventory analysis and maintenance of pre-released engineering builds
- Participate on process improvement teams
- Responsible for entire projects with significant scope and complexity
- May develop and coach others
**WORKING CONDITIONS**
- Location: Mexicali, México
- Environment: Manufacturing Facility
**SKILLS**:
- Experienced in operations planning, NPI process or other relevant experience
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings
- Strong Project Management skills
- Self-directed; strong planning and organization skills with ability to be adaptable to changing priorities and assignments
- Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively, verbally and in writing, to individuals at all levels and to cross-functional groups
- Strong problem solving and reasoning skills to effectively deal with problems varying in complexity
- Strong customer service focus
- Knowledge of planning software (MRP) SAP experience is preferred
- Working knowledge of continuous improvement tools
- Has expert knowledge that extends across multiple disciplines
- Bilingual: English
- Spanish
**EXPERIENCE**:
- 5 + yrs exp in production scheduling production/operations or an equivalent combination of work-related experience
**EDUCATION**:
- Bachelor's degree with an emphasis Industrial Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
- Supply Chain certification preferred (APICS, ISM or CPSM)