Material Planner

Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Material Planner

Analyzes the movement of materials, supporting the production process. Suggests changes to processes and procedures used to handle materials to improve productivity, safety, and timeliness. Generates raw material forecasted requirements in consultation with production and procurement.

About The Job

• Analyzes the flow of raw materials from the distributor to the manufacturing plan.
• Suggests changes to processes and procedures used to handle materials to improve productivity, safety, and timeliness
• Generates raw material forecasted requirements in consultation with production and procurement
• Creates reports to track key metrics vs set targets to identify trends. Reports may assist with forecasting materials requirements
• Identifies strategies to improve the flow of materials in support of manufacturing.
• Monitors inactive material
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  
  
  

About You

• Must be a Bachelor’s degree holder, preferably an Engineering course
• With at least 3 years relevant work experience in Material Management in a manufacturing or semiconductor industry
• Preferably with SAP exposure and good worksheet skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High attention to detail and has strong analytical skills
  
  
  
  

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise.

Our Core Values – Respect, Customer Focus, Agility, Collaboration – support us in our mission to improve the safety, reliability, and performance of our customers’ products that use electrical energy.

We are an equal-opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.

We offer a variety of benefits, competitive salary, bonuses, flexible working hours, remote working as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.