Associate Planner

Why join us?

Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.
- Job title

Associate Planner (Production & Materials)
- Purpose of the job

To focus on building a continuously improving global vendor community that is part of an integrated and automated supply chain able to meet, and continue to meet, the requirements of our customers with competitive total cost of supply.
- Specific responsibilities

Daily Maintenance Tasks
- Action MRP Exception report and Due/Prom exceptions
- Action Due Prom report
- Action PO to CO offset report
- Action Error Messages from the Helpdesk
- Review over-dues and ‘less than’ 5 day Net Changes
- Action SLO Requests
- Action any Invoice Queries
- Action non-conformance issues and populate spreadsheet. Identify root causes and provide solutions
- Maintain via Serial Master entry our Daily business shortage reports accuracy (R233 etc)
- Identify Direct Shipment opportunities
- Identify cause of and Action Material and Product shortages to ensure manufacturing offsets are maintained through corrective actions.

Project Tasks
- Identify Cost Reduction opportunities and work with Materials Manager &/or Supplier Development Managers to implement
- Re-sourcing exercises
- Hold monthly reviews with vendors and review Performance Monitors
- Review vendor capacity vs. forecast and Annual Plan
- Planning for large customer projects
- Recommend on Make or Buy Decisions
- Document current and future state and update on a regular basis
- Stock Management including Excess, Turns and SS and Planning BOMS
- ECO implementation
- Review of Kanban quantities and process

General responsibilities
- To ensure that all substances purchased are assessed to COSHH before use.
- To ensure that materials purchased are not quoted on CITES register and have the lowest possible environmental impact.
- To comply with Herman Miller safety procedures, attend training events and briefings, and take responsibility for your own safety in accordance with The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and The Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992.
- Resource management

Financial:

- Authority to spend on special delivery, to level agreed by UK Operations Director
- Influence on costs of supply
- Contacts and relationships

Internal contacts:

- Manufacturing teams
- Supplier Development Managers
- Master Scheduler
- Customer services representatives
- Engineering/Quality
- Distribution/Logistics

External contacts:

- Vendors/Suppliers
- Transport contractors
- Couriers

Person profile
- Competences

Essential:

- Good communication skills - both written and verbal
- Good telephone style
- Ability to deliver business results based on project results
- Good knowledge of systems and process literacy
- Self-motivated ‘Team Player’ with disciplined and organised approach
- Able to make decisions in isolation considering the business impact
- Attention to detail and strong administrative bias
- Excellent computer skills
- Characteristics
- Essential:

- Understand interpersonal relationships and impact of actions/decisions on suppliers and colleagues in all Herman Miller locations
- identify process improvements, develop solutions and implement those changes
- Able to work under pressure and produce timely work
- Able to respond positively to change and adapt to meet new challenges
- Flexible and prepared to travel to suppliers as required
- Confident approach towards chairing meetings, giving presentations and conduct training at suppliers

Who We Hire?

Simply put, we hire everyone. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.