Lennox (NYSE: LII) is an industry leader in energy-efficient climate-control solutions founded over a century ago on the principles of integrity and innovation. Dedicated to sustainability and creating comfortable, healthier environments for our residential and commercial customers while reducing their carbon footprint, we lead the field in innovation with our cooling, heating, indoor air quality, and refrigeration systems.

Heatcraft  is a long-standing leader in the world of commercial refrigeration, providing climate-control solutions to customers in more than 70 countries. Their state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the cities of Stone Mountain and Tifton, Georgia, produce evaporators, condensers, compressor racks, and other top-quality refrigeration products for their five market-leading brands: Bohn, Larkin, Climate Control, Chandler, and InterLink. Heatcraft products are primarily used to preserve food and other perishables in supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants, warehouses and distribution centers, in addition to other applications such as data centers, pharmaceutical and industrial process cooling.

Location: Tifton, GA-Onsite

As the Materials Planner, you will assist in determining the quality and order date for materials needed to meet the production needs. Initiates purchase or production requisitions as appropriate.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Maintain appropriate inventory levels using MRP and reorder point planning.
• Manage the purchasing cycle, including converting requisitions to purchase order, PO follow up, material receipt, and invoice reconciliation.
• Assist in developing and maintains supplier relationships.
• Identify and resolve supply issues.
• Expedite critical orders.
• Resolve invoice discrepancies, including pricing, unit of measure, and receiving discrepancies.
• Validate and meet the monthly inventory days of supply by product code and facilitates the reduction of excess inventory.
• Responsible for the key metrics of network and facing fill rates, days of supply and inventory versus plan.
• Assists in coordination with Sourcing, Demand Planning, Deployment Planning, and Material Master in planning executable inventory levels.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

In order to be successful in this role, you will need to have the following:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Requires at least 1 year related experience.
• APICS or equivalent certification preferred.
• Developing understanding of the product life cycle and underlying business planning requirements.
• Understands how role impacts the department and the organization and make system configuration recommendations to improve processes based on this understanding.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Good organization skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Solid Customer Relations skills.
• Inventory analysis proficiency; good analytical, mathematical and problem solving skills.
• Proficient in standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• Good knowledge of SAP or other advanced planning system Technology.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain Management, purchasing, inventory planning.
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The Compensation range for this position is approximately $61,000 - $79,500 and will be based on the candidate’s qualification, experience, and education. 

WHAT WE OFFER

At Heatcraft, we realize that our greatest assets are our employees. This is why we are committed to providing limitless opportunities for growth and development of all our employees, largely promoting from within the organization. Lennox/Heatcraft offers employees a variety of flexible work options, as outlined in Lennox’s FlexWork guidelines, including the potential opportunity for remote work for select positions. This role is currently designated as 100% onsite. 

• Competitive base salary
• Excellent medical plans designed to support healthy lifestyles
• Mental and financial health programs
• Outstanding 401K with company matching and 1-year bonus
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Community involvement opportunities
• Robust Employee Assistance Program
• And much, much more!

WE VALUE DIVERSITY

Here at Heatcraft, we believe that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Our goal is to build workplaces that reflect the communities where we live and work, support the growth and development of each team member as they strive to reach their full potential, and empower them to be their authentic selves. Lennox/Heatcraft is an equal opportunity employer.

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