Material Planner

REPORTS TO

Material Planner Manager

DIRECT REPORTS

none

PURPOSE

Guarantee materials procurement in compliance with the quantities, timing and inventory levels defined

PRIMARY / DIRECT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Material Planner for main critical vendor building vendor connection to obtaining the best possible performance in terms of supplier on-time delivery, MOQ, quality, lead-time, and flexibility
• Identify strategic vendor area to lead define and realize VMI, SOMI, Stock agreement and consignment stock contracts.
• be the owner of all inventory reduction activities defining yearly, quarterly and monthly Inventory glide path through ABCXYZ analysis with specific tool
• Calculate and maintain in the planning systems and the MRP: safety stock, reorder point, lot size, lead-time, and replenishment strategies.
• Support and develop Lean pull tools among supply chain to create continuous flow material from vendor to production.
• Manage MRP (Materials Resource Planning) exception messages on a daily basis; support cycle counting and/or year-end inventory counting.
• Analyse excess and obsolete/aging inventory; take appropriate action for optimizing inventory performance, in collaboration with sales, manufacturing and engineering
• Dial with custom import/export custom procedure for goods coming from extra EU.

LATERAL RELATIONSHIPS

Liaise with Operations Director

Liaise with Production Manager

Liaise with Quality dept.

Liaise with Purchase dept.

DELIVERABLES

Key player on achieving inventory target building strategy and ensure adequate replenishment of inventory through purchase orders.

Be supportive and part of cross-functional initiatives for optimizing customer on-time delivery, lead-time, and forecast accuracy. You will report to the Operations Manager.

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METRICS

OTD

Inventory turn

SOMI

Stock agreement

Pull tools implementation

QUALIFICATION

• Master Degree in Management Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with 2 years of experience in the role (or similar)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular on Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of SAP and data analysis tools
• Fluency in Italian and English, both written and spoken

PERSONAL COMPETENCIES

Important

Ownership and problem solving attitude, result oriented, teamwork attitude, good communication skills and courage complete the profile

Be creative, innovative and digitally smart

Attitude for teamwork and collaboration

Priority Setting