Materials Planner

**🌟 Be a Part of Something Bigger!** **🌟** At **Luminator Technology Group**, we believe we are **Better Together**. We always put the **Customer First**, focus on achieving **Results**, strive to **Be the Best**, and foster a culture of **Respect & Trust**. We are on a mission to innovate and revolutionize global transportation technology. Luminator is a global leader spanning over 85 countries and nearly 1,000 employees Luminator is seeking a **Materials Planner** to join our team at our Plano Texas headquarters. This role will be onsite Monday-Friday, local candidates. As a **Material Planner** with Luminator, you will serve as a key Subject Matter Expert responsible for coordinating production schedules and purchase orders to support operational efficiency and customer commitments. In this role, you will proactively manage and adjust production plans in response to design changes, labor or material constraints, backlogs, and other business needs while partnering closely with management, marketing, sales, production, and engineering teams to ensure seamless execution. **Essential Functions:** Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material changes, backlogs, or other interruptions in collaboration with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering. - Analyze sales data to determine which products will be in demand in the future, based on factors such as future projects, product changes and trends in consumer behavior. - Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials while adhering to production deadlines. - Develop demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function. - Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast result. - Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions. - Interact with sales, marketing, and customer finance to understand demand forecast drivers. - Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Customer Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts. - Use and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool. - Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs. - Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning. - Other job duties as required. **POSITION QUALIFICATIONS** **Competencies: knowledge, skills, and abilities** **Knowledge** - Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. - Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. - Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. - Administrative — Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems. **Skills** - Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. - Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. - Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to…