Fuel your passion
- You will be responsible for managing and optimizing the region inventory levels and strategies
Responsibilities
As the Materials Planner you will be:
Inventory Management:
- Monitor and manage inventory levels to ensure material availability while minimizing excess stock.
- Analyze inventory trends and identify slow-moving, obsolete, or excess inventory.
- Support inventory reduction initiatives and working capital targets.
Demand & Supply Planning:
- Review demand forecasts and align material requirements with business needs.
- Create and maintain material plans based on customer demand, sales forecasts, and operational requirements.
- Balance supply and demand to avoid stockouts and overstock situations.
Procurement Coordination:
- Work closely with procurement teams to ensure timely placement and delivery of purchase orders.
- Follow up with procurement teams on order status, lead times, and delivery commitments.
- Expedite critical materials when required.
SAP & Data Management:
- Maintain accurate planning parameters, master data, and inventory records in SAP systems.
- Monitor material requirements planning MRP outputs and take appropriate actions.
- Ensure data integrity for inventory and planning processes.
Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Coordinate with operations, manufacturing, sourcing, logistics, and sales teams to support business objectives.
- Participate in supply chain review meetings and provide material availability updates.
- Communicate risks and mitigation plans related to material shortages or supply disruptions.
Reporting & Analysis:
- Prepare regular reports on inventory performance, material availability, backorders, and supply risks.
- Analyze key performance indicators KPIs such as inventory turns, DSOH, OTIF, and forecast accuracy.
- Recommend process improvements to enhance supply chain efficiency.
Requirements
To be successful in this role you will:
- Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain management or related field or equivalent experience 5+ Years’ Experience
- Experience in order management, inventory optimization and management, asset utilization, and management.
- Deep knowledge of SAP & MRP functionality
- Ability to work and influence stakeholders
- Strategic thinking with tactical execution with a sense of urgency.
Key Skills:
- Supply Chain Planning
- Inventory Management
- Demand Forecasting
- ERP Systems SAP/Oracle
- Advanced Excel & Data Analysis
- Problem Solving
- Stakeholder Management
- Communication & Coordination.
