The senior materials planner is responsible for ensuring raw material coverage for production lines, evaluating the needs, priorities, and requirements of the plant. Maintain optimal inventory levels at minimum cost, as well as avoiding extraordinary costs and parts obsolescence costs and customer requirements focused on business financial objectives and corporate requirements.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Supply Chain with a high capacity to identify problems (root cause, action plan, and monitoring of compliance). System update of reports/incidents derived from the findings to the supplier. Planning and maintaining daily supply chain operations for critical suppliers or customers in materials, production, inventory, logistics, customer service, demand management, or order fulfillment. Ensuring internal and external customers' expectations and requirements are met.
How You'll Make an Impact Work proactively for optimal management together with R&D, Quality area, Engineering, Manufacturing, CS, Purchasing, Logistics & Production.Ensure the proper reception of materials according to requirements, timeline, forecast, and sales.Handle problems with leadership, escalation process, cooperation, and excellent communication.Act as the main point of contact with vendors allowing them visibility of regional initiatives in order to ensure timely supply of products.Ensure correct ordering of material supply in terms of quantity and time while optimizing order size and minimizing obsoletes.Responsible for managing item planning parameters including but not limited to lead time, MOQ, safety stock and perform continuous maintenance of planning parameters and update as needed.Own and manage the planning systems and tools.Effectively communicate with demand planners to ensure new initiatives and products are properly recorded and timely reflected in the supply plan in order to avoid disruptions.Collaborate to track the vendor shipment performance (to develop a metric/report).Owner of SKU management and rationalization including new product introductions, transitions, and lifecycle management.Give a logistic follow-up of materials with suppliers.Negotiate delivery dates with suppliers.Ensure compliance with customer requirements.Maintain the time and quantity MRP parameters, aggregate cross-category requirements, and act on any MRP exceptions in accordance with the production plan.Handle Raw Material transportation damage claims and disposition.Collaborate with operations and sales teams to research and identify inventory discrepancies, in a timely manner.Compliance with KPI's of the materials area.Daily review of coverages & identify material sourcing risks or opportunities and escalate issues to the appropriate parties (internal and external).What You Bring Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, International Trade or related.3 to 5 years of experience with materials planning & logistics having managed product portfolios in supply replenishment and purchasing planning roles.Excel expert.SAP knowledge.Knowledge: Supply Chain, Materials Planning, Demand, Purchasing, Customer Service, Forecast, S&P, Import and export process, IMMEX.Technical Knowledge: Suppliers' management, in-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes and supply chain management systems.Knowledge of Supply Chain Processes, such as Sales and Operations Planning, MRP, Forecasting, Demand and Supply Planning, Indirect Procurement, Materials Management and Logistics, Material flow, Knowledge in import and export process, Transportation Management.Strong knowledge of intercompany processes.About the Team In our Business Functions, we enable our organization to reach their targets by providing best-in-class services and solutions in the areas of IT, HR, Finance, Real Estate, Strategy & Technology and more.
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Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
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Career growth and development opportunities.Supportive work culture and a healthy work-life balance.Company paid Health and wellness benefits.Paid Time Off and paid holidays.Savings Fund.Above the law benefits.Family building benefits.Parental leave.Annual performance bonus.Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives.
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