Material Planner

Material Planner

Lucid Motors is seeking a motivated and experienced Material Planner for our manufacturing organization. This role will oversee the daily aspects of supply planning, forecasting, and driving strategic projects for this critical role. Candidates should be highly analytical, detail-oriented and can build strong relationships to set the foundational processes to ensure the highest customer experience.

You Will :

• Create and deploy supply requirements to Lucid's supply base via MRP which achieves production, inventory, and cost objectives
• Build and maintain operational partnerships with assigned suppliers. Act as the primary interface with suppliers on delivery status, challenges, and resolution.
• Work closely with the supplier base to ensure On-Time, In-Full (OTIF) performance.
• Collaboratively work with a wide cross-functional team Purchasing, NPI, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Logistics, etc.
• Proactively communicate with all levels of the organization on material related issues including those involving shipments between suppliers / plants while simultaneously mitigating potential impacts to internal and external customers.
• Deliver clear-to-build status, material coverage, run-out reports and other analyses as needed to plan production and business targets.
• Provide data-driven decision support to the broader organization through what-if and scenario planning.
• Apply analytics and supply chain expertise to manage system parameters and meet target inventory and service level goals while minimizing cost and obsolescence.
• Work closely with Purchasing Global Supply team to complete action plans to improve supplier performance and score cards.
• Support new product roll out by assisting in establishing the supply chain effectivity date.
• Participate and lead improvement projects that deliver benefits to the organization, including but limited to increasing OTIF, reduction of lead times, etc.
• Review inventory levels and issues / modifies orders for stock replenishment applying best practices for inventory reduction and inventory optimization.
• Responsible for tracking metrics on assigned activities in order to drive results and continuous improvements in Department activity.
• Responsible for leading meetings related to part shortages, supplier constraints, internal and external planning, and supplier metrics.
• Handle other projects or assignments as needed.

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At Lucid, we don't just welcome diversity - we celebrate it! Lucid Motors is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, and any other characteristic protected under applicable State or Federal laws and regulations.

Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid's equity program and / or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs.