Material Planner, Energy

What to Expect

Tesla Motors is seeking a motivated, experienced, and knowledgeable Direct and Indirect Material Planner. The ideal candidate will have experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably working with medium to low volume parts. This position will require a person that is capable of understanding the details of manufacturing processes and have excellent communication skills.

What You'll Do

• Plan, schedule, order, and manage assigned parts - will be a mix of direct and indirect parts
• Review below minimum items for reorder and maintain target safety stock
• Issue RFQ for Sourcing/Purchasing assigned materials
• Process Purchase order Requisitions
• Understand demand/build plan and lead time and how they affect each other as well as track status of open orders to insure on time deliveries and no risk to production
• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities
• Work fluidly in a highly cross-functional team environment involving manufacturing and product development teams, as well as supply chain specialists, manufacturing engineers, production control and logistics personnel
• Ability to use data to identify risk and come up with a solution
• Be the first point of contact with suppliers. (quality issues, Lead time changes, Logistics support, Accounts payable)

What You'll Bring

• Experience with MRP/ERP runs how to understand and use them
• Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics or similar discipline, or equivalent expierence - 7 years of expierence in supply chain
• Problem solving ability in cross-functional and multi-cultural environment
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks based on demand with minimal leadership
• Experience with SQL, MYSQL, and Power Bi a plus but not required
• Off hour support request as we are 24/7 manufacturing plant

Compensation and Benefits

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings