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Material Planner

sofipack
Badr City, Cairo
Posted 4 years ago
137Applicants for1 open position
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  • Ensure the steady flow of materials necessary for operating a manufacturing line without over-ordering or wasting resources.
  • Handle the Materials Resource Planning (MRP) requirements periodically.
  • Coordinate with production planning team to develop production plan requirements in a reasonable time.
  • Assist production planning team in updating production plan according to availability of requirements
  • Monitor materials flow to identify bottlenecks and forecast problems.
  • Liaise with other departments like procurement, logistics and warehouses regarding stocks levels and requirements supply status
  • Update the BOM (Bill of Materials) system.
  • Improve stock utilization by carefully planning required materials to increase productivity and decrease unused or misplaced items
  • Develop material planning methods for ordering modules, order quantities, reorder point, safety stocks and supply lead times aligned with the overall strategy and objectives.
  • Identify areas of improvement in planning parameters that affect requirement ordering process
  • Observe trends and customer requests to create and maintain inventory schedules.
  • Contribute in process improvement and cost optimization initiatives
  • Receives and handles customer’s sale orders, negotiates the delivery schedule according to production capacity and warehouse availability and keeps customers updated on the production status
  • Plans & Organizes transportation of all outbound items (finished goods, raw material, spare parts, regrind, etc.), preparing picking lists, issuing sales orders and delivery notes
  • Plans the production program in coordination with the Production Manager, calculates the material needs (raw material, packaging materials, etc.) and makes the related orders to guarantee the supply of material to the production lines (CRP, MRP, MPS)
  • Assists in planning and monitoring production, material requirements and consumption, warehouse capacity and stock levels
  • Supervises the warehouse management, plans and manages warehouse staff activities and guarantees order, cleanliness and health and safety standards
  • Supervises, coordinates and supports the Logistics and Warehouse team, managing priorities, eliminating, bottlenecks and addressing critical issues
  • Identifies, implements and leads logistics improvement projects to streamline flow and remove bottlenecks across the entire supply chain
  • Plans, supports and manages periodical inventories
  • Manages the waste disposal process (suppliers, documentation, tracking systems, etc.)

Job Requirements

  • Excellent knowledge of the supply chain process
  • Good knowledge of WCM standards
  • Good knowledge of plastic molding technologies (EBM and/or SBM and/or IM)
  • Good knowledge of Health, Safety and Environment rules and practices
  • Good applied knowledge of an ERP system (preferably SAP)
  • Excellent knowledge of English

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