Job Description Summary
The Material Planner is responsible for coordinating and expediting the flow of materials from suppliers and across internal departments to support production schedules. The role includes planning and scheduling material requirements, ensuring material availability, maintaining inventory accuracy, and supporting operational excellence initiatives. This position requires strong analytical skills, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to contribute to continuous improvement projects.
*This is a temporary position for one year, with the potential for extension based on business needs.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
- Plan and manage material ordering and availability while maintaining a minimum two-week inventory level.
- Ensure inventory accuracy across ERP systems.
- Reschedule materials to support production priorities, including pull-ins (expedites) and push-outs (inventory optimization).
- Investigate and resolve daily material shortages through root cause analysis.
- Coordinate material planning and scheduling for Field Modification Instructions (FMIs), as required.
- Analyze supply data and provide recommendations to improve material availability and operational performance.
- Support the development of tools and processes to predict and prevent material shortages.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Sourcing, Logistics, and other cross-functional teams to ensure uninterrupted production.
- Support Lean initiatives, continuous improvement activities, and operational excellence projects.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Previous experience in material planning, supply chain, production planning, or a similar operations role.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Experience working with ERP systems (SAP – an advantage).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- High level of English (written and spoken).
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.
GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.
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Additional Information
The job is open to men and women equally
Relocation Assistance Provided: No