NPI Materials Planner - HCS

Company Profile

Lennox (NYSE: LII) Driven by 130 years of legacy, HVAC and refrigeration success, Lennox provides our residential and commercial customers with industry-leading climate-control solutions. At Lennox, we win as a team, aiming for excellence and delivering innovative, sustainable products and services. Our culture guides us and creates a workplace where all employees feel heard and welcomed. Lennox is a global community that values each team member’s contributions and offers a supportive environment for career development. Come, stay, and grow with us.

Job Description

Under general direction, performs a wide variety of complex planning activities required to attain production objectives.Reviews engineering plans and product specifications to determine raw material requirements to support manufacturing schedules. Works with Purchasing to obtain and schedule materials based on production forecasts. Works with Engineering and related areas to develop tools and procedures to maximize facility and equipment utilization. Assignments are generally the most complex within planning activities and include the attainment of planning objectives where products or production processes are new or manufacturing processes are variable. May direct and assist lower-level planners.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree or engineering.
• Requires at least 5 years’ related experience. Including PPAP and prototype build processes.
• Requires strong knowledge of a variety of manufacturing activities including purchasing, materials, production processes and engineering. Must be able to understand and apply engineering specifications.
• Requires effective verbal and written communications. Must be able to use Microsoft Office.
• Strong ERP/SAP material planning knowledge.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines with multiple stakeholders.

• Projects Inventory management (including PIPO strategy, E&O and Safety stock/lot sizes set up.

• Key participation in NPI core meetings, DP meetings and risk assessment meetings.

• Risk Management & Issue resolution across supply chain.

• Materials ramp up and hand off to Operations. Post Lauch support for early production issues.