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Job Description
- Assists in production planning and monitoring the stock of materials, for the continuity of production according to customers’ orders and considering the materials lead time.
- Schedule the supply of materials/components to meet production requirements and minimum safety stock levels.
- Assists in calculating material needs (raw materials, packaging etc.) for related orders, to guarantee material supply to the production lines.
- Participates in the periodic physical inventory.
- Plan, develop, implement and evaluate processes for material delivery from supplier to point of fit.
- Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions.
- Day-to-day order management and management of deliveries.
- Understand and manage risks to minimize impact on production schedule.
- Take follow up actions in relation to material shortages that affect production.
- Implement all processes to agreed standards and targets and support continuous improvement initiatives and identify areas of improvement.
- Utilize any Material Requirements Planning system (MRP) or IT system that is in place and ensure that data is accurate and up to date and resolve any issues as required.
- Monitor the integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) and manage inventory accuracy.
- Monitor inventory levels against agreed target levels.
- Support inventory checks to validate inventory accuracy.
- Minimize obsolete stock and ensure business is left with minimum liability.
- Create regular statistical reports and analysis and update others in the organization.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering.
- 3 -6 years experience in material and planning preferably plastic industry.
- Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the costs, production, manufacture and customer order fulfilment.
- Good communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Results orientated and organized with the ability to plan and deliver against deadlines
- Strong analytical, planning and problem solving skills.
- Strong SAP system knowledge and IT skills including advanced Excel.
- Knowledge and experience of using MRP (Material Requirements Planning) systems or similar.
