Job Advertisement for Distribution Planner I (SOLANA BEACH, CA)

 

February 16, 2010

 

Taiyo Yuden (USA) Inc. produces surface-mount and leaded passive electronic components as well as functional modules that incorporate active components. Product lines include capacitors, inductors, ferrite beads, EMI filters, surge absorbers, resistors, ferrite cores and functional modules.

 

Taiyo Yuden (USA) Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of a Japanese company.  The US Company manages all sales, distribution and related operations for North and South America.  The US operations headquarters is located in Solana Beach, California.  Taiyo Yuden (USA) Inc. has sales offices throughout the US and operates warehouses in Torrance, California, Tijuana, Mexico and Hong Kong, China.

 

We offer Competitive Salaries and Comprehensive Benefits including medical, dental and life insurance, 401K and paid vacation and holidays.

 

 

·       Please only apply if you have a bachelor’s degree.

·       Please list your salary range on your submittal. Cover letters without the salary range will not be considered.

·       Please submit a cover letter and resume in Microsoft Word format. Resumes in any other format will not be considered.

 

GENERAL SUMMARY:

 

This person will be responsible for allocation, distribution, and expediting and follow through of components on behalf of the company, ensuring customer demands are met on time.

 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1.       For Constrained Items: Maintain allocation spreadsheet and update shipments on a daily basis to determine available allocation for each customer.

2.       Confirm orders daily for every part number for Torrance warehouse.  If materials are constrained, make sure customers are getting a fair share of the allocation based on a percentage split of incoming shipments from vendors. 

3.       Confirm orders and create deliveries as needed for Hong Kong warehouse.

4.       Confirm orders and create deliveries based on each customer’s consolidated ship date and agreed upon lead time for Tijuana warehouse.

5.       Inform Material Planners on shortages of incoming shipments against allocation qty.

6.       Special deliveries: following though from shipment to arrival on urgent deliveries for customers.

7.       Updating MP's and CSR's on incoming shipment status.

8.       Receiving Discrepancies: take appropriate action based on the discrepancy reported by each warehouse.

9.       File claim with appropriate party (warehouse, forwarder, etc) for any damaged or lost materials and follow up to ensure completion.

10.    Review warehouse transmission error logs and work with BA or IS to correct any errors.

11.    Diverting PO's: changing the destination of a PO from one warehouse to another by communicating with the forwarders and also adjusting the PO in SAP.

12.    Provide any necessary documents or information to forwarders so that materials can be imported and received to the warehouse in a timely manner.

13.    Process orders from sales subsidiaries for UTY’s excess stock material, arrange delivery based on the due date and send shipping documents to each subsidiaries.

14.    Receive excess stock list from other sales subsidiaries and distribute to MP Group.  Issue PO’s to subsidiaries based on MP’s requests.  Monitor the shipment until receipt at the warehouse.

15.    Create deliveries, follow up on deliveries, and handle any issues related to deliveries to customers.

16.    Expedite and cancel PO’s for Supply Chain Department as needed.

17.    Back up for other team members in Supply Chain department (Material Planning, Account Planning).

18.    Performs additional duties as required by management.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  1. Knowledge of customer service and operations are essential
  2. Knowledge of procurement and inventory management concepts
  3. Strong knowledge of computer software, such as; SAP, Microsoft Word and Excel and order entry software. Note - SAP-R3, sales & distribution experience is highly desirable.
  4. Excellent written and oral communication skills – including effective business writing.
  5. Ability to pay close attention to detail and coordinate various activities simultaneously
  6. Ability to communicate with our customer, sales department, co-workers, and business contacts in a courteous and professional manner.
  7. Ability to build and manage a “best in class” customer service team and motivate employees.
  8. Ability to speak Spanish is a strong plus.

 

Education and Experience

This position requires a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree.