Inventory Control Planner

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Job Description

Shift: 1st Shift

Days of Work: Monday - Friday

Work Hours: 8:00am to 5:00pm

Work Location: On-Site (Mankato, MN)

Starting Saraly: $22.93 - $32.12 hourly

Pay Frequency: Bi-Weekly

At Nidec, we prioritize our team's well-being and success. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you both personally and professionally. These are the great benefits we offer, with additional perks and programs available to enhance your overall experience with us.

• Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary with additional bonus opportunities.
• Health and Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, effective from your first day.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with a best in-class company match of 100% on the employee's first 6% with an additional 3% employer contribution to support your financial future.
• Work-Life Balance: Generous time off package, including PTO and holidays.
• Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement and continuous learning opportunities to support your professional growth.

The Inventory Control Planner is responsible for overseeing inventory accuracy for critical path parts, optimizing inventory levels, and supporting production requirements within a manufacturing environment. This role partners with Purchasing, Production, Quality, and Operations to manage inventory performance, resolve material issues, maintain transactional integrity, and lead continuous improvement initiatives.

• →Manage inventory levels, safety stock, and Min/Max parameters for purchased and manufactured materials.

• →Lead Outside Processing (OSP) tracking and maintain Oracle Assembly/Operation Pull transactions.

• →Research, track, and drive closure of NCRs and reject material disposition activities.

• →Lead weekly cross-functional reviews to resolve reject inventory and material discrepancies.

• →Partner with Purchasing and Operations to address shortages, inventory variances, scrap, rework, and transfer issues.

• →Ensure inventory, labor, and material transactions are processed accurately and in compliance with established procedures.

• →Lead cycle count programs, physical inventories, and inventory reconciliation activities.

• →Maintain inventory scorecards and key performance metrics, escalating issues and driving corrective actions when targets are missed.

• →Identify process gaps, strengthen inventory controls, and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

• →Perform root cause analysis on inventory variances and recommend corrective actions.
• →Support internal audit activities related to inventory controls and record accuracy.
• →Serve as the inventory control subject matter expert Shop manager and Oracle Planning/Inventory processes.
• →Review inventory adjustments and ensure compliance with company policies and inventory control standards.
• →Partner with the Planning team on inventory control, planning, Shop Manager, and Oracle process improvement initiatives to enhance inventory accuracy, operational efficiency, and system performance.

• 2-5 years of experience in the planning field and knowledge of the principles and practices of planning.
• Ability to work on several projects or issues simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently or in a team environment as needed.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
• 2+ years of Oracle experience preferred.
• Able to export/download data from ERP system and manipulate it in spreadsheet fashion utilizing Filtering, X-Lookup, Pivot Tables, etc.
• Excellent critical thinking skills and methodologies.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

Must be a sole US citizen.

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.