• Monitor supply plans and adjust for changes in demand, capacity, or lead times • Work with procurement teams and suppliers to confirm availability, delivery dates, and shipment schedules • Maintain MRP material data to ensure optimal purchase requisition generation • Generate manual purchase requisitions as needed • Track and expedite critical materials to avoid production downtime • Communicate delays, risks, or shortages to internal stakeholders and support recovery planning • Coordinate supply planning activities with cross-functional project teams to ensure successful execution of new product launches, retrofit projects, and related initiatives • Maintain appropriate inventory levels by balancing service goals with inventory-holding costs • Analyze slow-moving, excess, and obsolete materials; recommend and support corrective actions • Monitor and analyze inventory movements, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective measures • Perform root-cause analysis for stockouts, inaccurate inventory, or planning variances • Maintain accurate material master data (lead times, lot sizes, safety stock, planning parameters) • Use ERP/MRP systems to manage and execute material planning activities • Generate reports on material status, inventory health, supplier performance, and planning metrics • Identify opportunities to enhance planning processes, supplier performance, and inventory efficiency • Support supply chain projects such as sourcing transitions, new product introductions, and system upgrades • Collaborate with production teams and suppliers to optimize material flow, presentation, triggers, and visual/system processes