# Materials Planner

Company / Location Information A.O. Smith is a global leader applying innovative technologies and energy-efficient solutions to products manufactured and marketed worldwide. The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a manufacturer of water treatment products for residential and light commercial applications. A. O. Smith is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with approximately 12,000 employees at operations in the United States, Canada, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Primary Function Lead complex material planning and purchasing activities across suppliers, product lines, business units, or manufacturing locations while driving inventory optimization, process improvement, and supply chain performance initiatives. Responsibilities Lead planning and purchasing activities for complex material portfolios, business units, or multiple manufacturing locations. Maintain advanced planning parameters and master-data strategy within SAP. Analyze supply requirements and capacity constraints to ensure material availability. Develop inventory optimization strategies th

- **Id**: 4295937
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/a-o-smith-materials-planner-2>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Nashville, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T01:11:22Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T01:11:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3933
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Dental insurance, Life insurance, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Home Appliances, HVAC & Refrigeration

## Company

- **Id**: 1972085
- **Name**: A. O. Smith
- **Domain**: aosmith.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aosmith>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.333
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **Kanban** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T01:11:22Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 9 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 9

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:09Z

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