Job Title: Planning ManagerJob Description

Oversee daily procurement activities to ensure timely, cost-effective acquisition of materials, supplies, and services. Manage vendor relationships, negotiate pricing and contracts, monitor inventory levels, and ensure compliance with company purchasing policies. Lead and support the purchasing team, resolve escalated issues, and drive process improvements to optimize cost, quality, and delivery performance.

ResponsibilitiesOversee the procurement of raw materials for the production of folding bellows and series level articulation systems.Responsible for purchasing non-inventory items, office supplies, and capital investments.Enforce MRP strategy to prevent stock-outs while minimizing inventory levels.Implement lean manufacturing and just-in-time inventory methodologies.Conduct vendor research, certification, bidding, and price negotiation.Set up, maintain, and evaluate vendors, rating suppliers for quality, safety, timeliness, price elasticity, and overall performance.Adhere to Quality ISO 9001 policies and procedures.Optimize MRP parameters and make necessary adjustments to safety-stock, reorder levels, carrying costs, lead, and lag times.Perform purchase order unit price verifications against supplier invoices.Maintain cost price changes in ERP system.Obtain bids for materials and support production planning and inventory reconciliation.Track deliveries from German and domestic vendors.Manage the Purchasing Team, allocating and managing personnel structure and staffing levels.Train and evaluate employees to enhance their performance and development.Essential SkillsProficiency in SAP, ERP systems, and inventory management.Experience in planning, purchasing, procurement, and strategic planning.Project management skills.Additional Skills & QualificationsManufacturing experience is required.Why Work Here?

Enjoy flexible hours with the ability to start anytime between 6am-9am for an 8-hour shift. Benefit from paid lunches, 10 paid holidays, and 22 PTO days, promoting a healthy work-life balance.

Work Environment

Work within a manufacturing environment, ensuring production is planned and on schedule according to available materials. Dress code includes khakis, jeans, polo or collared shirts, and closed-toed shoes.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Dunlap, TN.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $80000.00 - $95000.00/yr.

health dental vision \n401k

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Dunlap,TN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 3, 2026.

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\n About Aerotek:\n\n

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

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Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

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The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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