Materials Planner II – Magnolia, TX

In this position you will be accountable for overseeing all aspects of manufacturing facility’s daily priorities’ planning and scheduling. Develops and manages forecasts for long-range material planning in collaboration with sales and operations, taking into account existing inventory, obsolescence, lead times, product life cycles, and production capacity.

Nabors is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry. With operations in about 20 countries, Nabors has established a global network of people, technology and equipment to deploy solutions that deliver safe, efficient and responsible hydrocarbon production. By leveraging its core competencies, particularly in drilling, engineering, automation, data science and manufacturing, Nabors aims to innovate the future of energy and enable the transition to a lower carbon world.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Nabors is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, religion, age, color, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. To learn more about our Fair Employment practices, please refer to the Nabors Code of Conduct (https://www.nabors.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/code-of-business-conduct.pdf) .

• Analyze inventory levels and product demands to determine reorder levels and safety stocks that will ensure availability of product and minimize inventory cost.

• Drive promote and develop positive communication with Sales to improve forecast accuracy.

• Plan and coordinate the materials needed to introduce new products, including a BOM evaluation.

• Analyze the effects of customer sales prospects that may have an impact on product demand during the course of the plan on the availability of materials and the production schedule.

• Reviews and plans requirements for acceptable inventory (increase/decrease Capital Equipment.).

• Ensures that inventory items match the production plan and aligns with build plan.

• Interface/communicate with shop and continually monitor for immediate part shortages.

• Prioritize Receiving Inspection to ensure shop floor and Sales Order part requirements are fulfilled.

• In order to speed up overdue or impending orders, communicate with shipping coordinators and engage with the team to run customer backlog reports.

• Participate in all production meetings with a working understanding of the progress of delivered parts.

• Expedite Buyer and/or Vendor on part requirements.

• Work with Buyers to acquire the working knowledge to create and maintain parts shortage lists for all current orders reviewed in the weekly production meetings.

• Comply with and participate in company quality and safety programs and initiatives.

• Work closely with project managers to ensure that internal and external productions are completed on time and at the required quality.

• Other duties may be assigned.

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EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of four years of relevant experience in production planning and manufacturing engineering in an assembly or manufacturing environment.

• Knowledge of MRP and production planning concepts.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other Employees and at meetings.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations and ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have good working knowledge of Manufacturing/Inventory software, spreadsheet software, and word processing software.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong Communication Skills

• Certification-CPIM-Certified in Planning and Inventory Management

BEHAVORIAL COMPENTENCIES

• Effectively plans to meet commitments.

• Brings forth suggestions or ideas to reduce costs or improve safety, efficiency, and/or effectiveness of work processes and/or operations.

• Appropriately raises concerns and/or issues to management. Supports change and a positive work environment.

• Strives to perform at the highest level while always keeping customer satisfaction in mind.

• Supports change and a positive work environment.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Evaluates capacity, demand, and material availability of the operation to ensure an effective supply and demand balance.

• Uses qualitative and quantitative methods to predict short-term incoming demand for use as an input into the Sales, Inventory, & Operations Planning process.

• Demonstrated proficiency in planning, scheduling, and inventory management tools and concepts.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit, stand or walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear and smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, high places, outside weather conditions and extreme cold and heat.