Internship: Materials Planner (8-month) - Milton, ON, Canada

What You’ll Do

Eaton Industries (Canada) Company located in Milton, ON has an opportunity for a 8-month Intern role as a "Materials Planner". This role will commence in January 2025.

Position Overview

The primary function of this role is to ensure an acceptable level of material availability to support the master production schedule. Part of this role will analyze, establish, and execute the planning, ordering, scheduling of material, including internally and externally sourced parts. Also, provide material support for the manufacturing and sales of products for site and satellite facilities.

Essential Functions

• Production Plan
• Lay in Planning Bills adjusting and maintaining actual.
• Monitor shop orders scheduling and communicate capacity concerns.
• Co-ordinate Marketing Forecast into ongoing production plan.
• Inventory Management
• Analyze and reschedule POs to ensure material availability and control inventory levels.
• Review depreciated inventory. Use up, Return to supplier, Rework or Scrap.
• Issue and receive non-conformance reports and determine disposition where responsible.
• Maintain material availability.
• Communicate with Fayetteville re their material requirements/forecasts.
• Master Production Schedule
• Lay in plan forecast.
• Create and maintain planning bills.
• Maintain master schedule to support customer orders and planning bills.
• Customer Satisfaction
• Expedite overdue’ s holding up shipping of customer orders.
• Communicate to ensure customer service.
• Work with co-workers to ensure to ensure customer is satisfied.
• Material Availability
• Create and reschedule orders for material to support stocking policies.
• Analyze, maintain and approve buy queue/MPS.
• Utilize Kanban processes to ensure material availability and reduce cycle time.
• Work with Purchasing dept. to communicate with supplies (internal & external) on Material quality, on-time deliveries & overall performance. (Supplier Evaluation)
• Cost Reduction
• Coordinate and act as liaison for assigned cost reduction team.
• Update and report result monthly.
• Material Sourcing
• Source items required for prototypes and prospective new business from existing suppliers.
• Request quotes for price and delivery and set up and maintain PMMF’s.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications

• College diploma or university degree specializing in Business or Material Management
• No Sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada on an ongoing basis without company sponsorship.
• No Relocation provided.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 0-2 years of experience using an MRP system
• 0–1-year experience of working in design-for-manufacturing or an Engineered-to-Order environment
• 0–1-year experience with Lean and Six Sigma Tools, Six Sigma Green, or Black belt
• APICS certification or working towards.
  
  
  

Position Criteria

• Strong knowledge of purchasing techniques and supplier management.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment as part of a team.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical aptitude and complex problem-solving skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office (including Excel and Access).
• Strong proficiency using MRP software, Oracle knowledge is an asset.
• Strong technical aptitude of electrical distribution and control systems.
• Effective time management, prioritization, and project management skills.
  
  
  

State of Accessibility

Eaton has in place accessibility policies for accommodating employees with disabilities. If you are selected for an interview and require accommodations, please let the recruiter or hiring manager know so that we can work to make reasonable adjustments that best suit your needs. Accessibility information may be found at: http://www.eatoncanada.ca/EatonCA/OurCompany/Accessibility/index.html

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.

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