Canadian Solar (North America)
Material Control Specialist II, Planning Material Center
3 months ago
About the Job
At Canadian Solar, our vision is to make lives better by bringing electricity powered by the sun to millions of people worldwide. As a leading manufacturer of solar panels, inverters, and energy storage solutions, we've been an industry front-runner since our founding in 2001. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in all parts of our organization as we navigate the complexities of a booming industry.
Throughout Canadian Solar's subsidiaries, e-Storage, Recurrent Energy, MSS and CSI Solar Co., we invest in our employees' growth. Our training programs and promotional opportunities ensure we all can continue to learn. We understand the importance of work-life balance and provide various flexible work options to support our employees' well-being. Join our team to "Make the Difference" by creating a lasting positive impact on the world and the communities where we operate.
The Material Control Specialist II works on the Material Control team under Planning and Material Center, which is responsible for planning and controlling materials used in the Cell Business Unit (BU) located in Indiana, U.S.A.The Material Control Specialist II works on the Material Control team under Planning and Material Center, which is responsible for planning and controlling materials used in the Cell Business Unit (BU) located in Indiana, U.S.A.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage and oversee Material Center while working closely with Planning, Data Analysis, and Warehouse teams
- Manage and monitor material levels
- Create Bill of Materials (BOM) for cell production
- Work closely with the Warehouse to ensure Production Orders are fulfilled
- Confirm material deliveries to production lines
- Issue purchase orders to the Purchasing team
- Leverage and manage SAP systems for effective control and daily operations.
- Support ISO 9001 activities
- Participate in weekly planning and purchasing conference calls
- Qualifications and Experience:
- A master’s degree in business, engineering, supply chain, or related fields is preferred, a bachelor’s degree is required
- Over 1 year of working experience in supply chain, warehousing or material planning within a multinational corporation manufacturing environment
- Demonstrated success in delivering strong quantitative results
- Familiar with performing in a fast-moving environment
- Basic knowledge of ERP platforms or SAP is a must
- Exceptional communication skills
- Proficiency in written and spoken English is required; bilingual proficiency in Mandarin is highly desirable
- Additional Job Description
About the Company

Canadian Solar (North America)
Founded in 2001 in Ontario Canada, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) is as a global energy provider with successful business subsidiaries in 20 countries & regions on 6 continents. Canadian Solar is both a leading manufacturer of solar PV modules and a provider of solar energy solutions, with over 14,000 employees globally. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada, China, Brazil and South East Asian countries, Canadian Solar now has module manufacturing capacity and has delivered more than 55 GW of premium quality solar modules to customers in over 150 countries in the past 20 years. Canadian Solar has solar power projects globally and solar power plants that are in commercial operation, with a resale value of US$1.2 billion. In addition, Canadian Solar has a geographically diversified utility-scale solar power project pipeline around 10 GWp, with projects being developed in the U.S., Japan, Latin America,Australia, EMEA, South East Asia, India and China. Of the total project pipeline, 2.9 GWp of projects are at late-stage development and have secured energy offtake agreements. In 2018, Canadian Solar achieved a revenue of US$3.74 billion, Meanwhile, Canadian Solar was listed as the Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Tier 1 Module Manufacturer in terms of bankability for Q4 2018, and was named as Top 3 Global Utility-scale Solar PV Project Developer for 2017 by GTM Research. Canadian Solar Founder and CEO Dr. Shawn Qu blogs as a LinkedIn Influencer at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnqu/. Canadian Solar is making the difference by delivering more clean, safe and affordable solar energy to the world.
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