Material Planner
Mission
Plan supply of materials according to production schedule to ensure production continuity and meet customer requirements. Maintain proper safety stock and inventory levels.
Main Responsibilities
PROCUREMENT
- Maintain the schedule by responding to alerts and working to balance demand and supply
- Continuously improve planning and scheduling processes through use of lean practices
- Lead materials improvement that relate to on time delivery
- Optimize material planning in MRP system
- Identify critical material deliveries and ensure program requirements are prioritized through the supply chain
- Work with critical suppliers to find solution how to cover material demand
- Review excess and shortage of material sources with purchasing
- Cooperate by revision of main production plan
- Cooperate by planning of mid-term and long-term supplies
- Manage stock inventory process maintaining optimum inventory level
- Recognize risks in supply of materials and possible negative impacts on production schedule, take action or escalate to direct supervisor
- Cooperate by definition of MRP policy
- Update of MRP parameters relative to security stocks, lead time, MOQ, rounding value with the main objective to reach defined stock values
- Management of communication with suppliers and the purchasing/SCM HQ office regarding critical issues or improvement plans.
BUDGET
- Analysis actual vs Budget/forecasts for stock values and material demand