Materials Inventory

Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets – passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.

Job Purpose
The Materials Inventory and Planning Team Lead is responsible for managing material flow, inventory accuracy, and production planning to ensure timely availability of components for manufacturing operations.

Job Duties And Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:

Inventory

• Annual Physical Inventory (API)
• Leads the effort in planning, organizing, and facilitating the API
• Ensures the inventory accuracy meets the variance targets
• Ensures that the API is completed when expected and during allotted timeframe
• Cycle Counting
• Manages 3 hourly cycle counters and the cycle counting process
• Reviews ABC's and ensure counts are done timely and accurately
• Investigates and makes inventory adjustments as needed within the authority level of the role.
• Ensure that the accuracy of the system through the supervision of the cycle counters and monitoring of the inventory levels.
• Inventory KPI's
• Monitor Inventory KPI's such as inventory value and DOH to ensure proper coverage to orders without exceeding inventory targets

Planning

• Manages the 3 salary planners for the Fort Wayne plant ensuring the proper flow of material into the plant to support production while still maintaining inventory targets
• Be the Liaison between the plant and the supplier
• Build standard operating instructions and procedures for planning activities, KPI's, and reports.
• Analyze all incoming international and domestic material shipments and communicate root causes for delays.
• Analyze and adjust material requirements to firm orders with suppliers
• Trains planners on proper planning methods and tools taking advantage of best practices throughout Dana.

Inbound Receipt Reconciliation

• Oversee the receipt variances and reconciliations allowing for timely