Materials Planner

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

WHY BE A PART OF ADVANCED ENERGY?

Some people say it’s like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company – you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we’re a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years. We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best-in-class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together. At our core, we are Advanced Energy – powering the future, together.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Material Planner owns material readiness within an assigned product family, supplier group, production area, or site planning scope in a technology manufacturing environment. The role converts demand, master schedule outputs, production plans, and MRP requirements into material supply actions; manages routine to moderate planning exceptions; coordinates supplier and internal recovery actions; and supports clear-to-build decisions. This level works independently within assigned scope, performs root-cause analysis, recommends recovery and planning-parameter actions, supports KPI performance, and balances production continuity with inventory, working-capital, supplier-risk, and customer-priority requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own daily and weekly material planning execution for assigned scope, including MRP review, purchase order follow-up, shortage prioritization, supplier commitment tracking, and inventory risk review.
• Analyze MRP exception messages, supply-demand gaps, shortage drivers, supplier delivery changes, lead-time risks, inventory imbalances, and planning-parameter exceptions.
• Coordinates expedite, defer, cancel, reschedule, or recovery actions with procurement, suppliers, warehouse, logistics, production planning, master scheduling, and manufacturing teams.
• Resolve routine to moderate material shortages, supplier constraints, inventory exceptions, BOM concerns, sourcing gaps, and master data issues with limited guidance.
• Support clear-to-build reviews by validating material availability, shortage status, supplier recovery plans, receiving status, staging readiness, and unresolved risk items.
• Recommend planning-parameter updates, including lead times, safety stock, lot sizes, MOQ, SPQ, reorder points, replenishment settings, and supplier-related planning attributes.
• Monitor supplier delivery performance, promise-date adherence, shortage recovery actions, and recurring supplier risk patterns; escalate unresolved constraints through approved channels.
• Track assigned-scope KPI trends, including material availability, shortage reduction, supplier recovery performance, inventory turns, excess exposure, MRP exception closure, planning-parameter accuracy, and master data quality.
• Support inventory optimization by balancing service, production continuity, working capital, inventory turns, slow-moving inventory, excess exposure, and shortage prevention.
• Maintain accurate planning records, shortage action logs, supplier commitment updates, inventory risk summaries, and KPI support reports.
• Participate in shortage reviews, S&OE discussions, production readiness forums, inventory reviews, supplier recovery reviews, and planning governance routines.
• Support material readiness activities for NPI, engineering changes, product transitions, phase-in/phase-out, make/buy changes, supplier transitions, last time buy, and material disposition.
• Use ERP/MRP outputs, exception-based planning reports, Excel, Power BI, supplier updates, and inventory analytics to prioritize recovery actions and support fact-based decisions.
• Lead assigned-scope shortage follow-up by confirming root cause, recovery owner, recovery date, supplier commitment, inventory impact, and escalation requirement.
• Partner with procurement and operations to review recurring supplier, lead-time, inventory, and planning-parameter issues and recommend corrective actions within assigned scope.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in MRP exception management, shortage prevention, planning-parameter accuracy, material master data quality, supplier visibility, and reporting effectiveness.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Engineering, Materials Management, Logistics, Finance, Computer Information Systems, or equivalent education and/or experience.
• Proficient knowledge of MRP, material planning, inventory control, procurement processes, supplier management, BOMs, lead times, supplier commitments, planning master data, production support, and clear-to-build requirements.
• Ability to interpret system outputs, analyze shortage causes, summarize business impacts, recommend recovery actions, and communicate risks to operational stakeholders.
• Proficient understanding of high-mix manufacturing, constrained supply, complex BOM structures, long lead-time components, inventory trade-offs, supplier recovery, and clear-to-build readiness.
• Strong Excel capability