Material Planner/Buyer

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Job Title: Material Planner (Buyer)
Location: Mocksville, NC (Onsite)

About Us 
Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.  

Job Overview:
Ingersoll Rand is looking to hire a Material Planner / Buyer at our Mocksville, NC plant, where we build a full line of rotary screw and centrifugal air compressors.  This is a true manufacturing-floor-facing position where the best planners thrive by turning real-time demand signals into the right parts on the line. As a Material Planner you'll be responsible for purchased material planning process from placing purchase order, follow up with supplier to deliver product to production assembly lines and/or service parts. Plans engineering change and coordinates into production when appropriate. Provides other support to production and management as required. Responsible for purchased material planning process for nonstandard and drop shipments from placing purchase order, follow up with supplier to deliver product to production assembly lines and/or a drop shipment location.
 
Responsibilities:

• Plan and manage purchased parts inventory by releasing, adjusting, canceling, or deferring orders based on demand, inventory levels, and production requirements.
• Create and maintain purchase orders, partnering with suppliers to expedite or reschedule materials to meet production and inventory goals.
• Manage service parts planning for purchased materials to support fluctuating customer demand.
• Resolve purchase order, pricing, and invoicing issues with Accounts Payable and suppliers.
• Maintain accurate purchasing and planning data within the ERP system, including order quantities, due dates, and order status updates.
• Coordinate engineering changes (ECNs), ensuring effective implementation, inventory transition, and minimal cost or scrap impact.
• Review BOM changes and maintain planning parameters, lead times, and order policies to support production requirements.
• Represent Production Planning in cross-functional meetings and prepare planning, inventory, and management reports as needed.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• 2+ years of experience with Material Planning and Purchasing, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years working experience in Excel with ability to navigate formulas
• 2+ years of ERP experience with systems such as Oracle R12, SAP, JDE

Core Competencies:

• Material Planning & Inventory Control
• Supplier & Purchase Order Management
• ERP, Excel & Data Accuracy
• Engineering Change & Production Coordination
• Manufacturing Process & Blueprint Interpretation
• Analytical, Mathematical & Communication Skills

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.