Material Planner

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**About Alstom in India**

**JOB TITLE & JOB CODE**:
**Job Title** (Job code)**:Material Planner** (SC-PO-12_003; SC-PO-12_004)

**PURPOSE OF THE JOB**
- Manage his Supplier's portfolio (Internal and/or External suppliers) for ensuring goods delivery at right time, quantity and place based on Alstom needs.
- Express delivery needs to suppliers and contribute to governance of the Supplier's delivery performances.
- Drive action plan for performance improvement & contribute to risk management.
- Collaborate with the Procurement team to ensure the contractual agreements are reflected in the ERP (**E**nterprise **R**esource **P**lanning) system.

**ORGANIZATION**

**Organization structure (job belongs to...)**

Supply Chain - Material Planning & SDPM

**Reports directly to**:
Material Planning Management (SC-PO-10)

**Other reporting to**:
Not Applicable

**Direct reports**:
Not Applicable

**NETWORK & LINKS**:
**INTERNAL**
- _Operation_
- _Waranty _
- _Quality_
- _WH & Planning_
**EXTERNAL**:

- _Supplier_
- _Logistic Partner_

**OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**:

- Plan material over time to meet the delivery date of the related production orders.
- Control the settings of logistics parameters in the ERP system. Enter, update, maintain and correct data in ERP.
- Create material requisitions at proper time, quantity and delivery lead times.
- Optimize (minimum) order quantities; re-order points, safety stock levels.
- Re-evaluate minimum order quantities for the material to minimize stress in the supply chain and simultaneously minimize inventory costs.
- Act on missing parts in production and blocked stock due to non-conformities (ncr’s).

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Evaluate various assortments and their settings in ERP with the purpose to improve our delivery performance by changing these material parameters in ERP.
- Perform analysis of material demands using the software tooling Spare Parts Management Studio (SPMS). Identify the strategy for material; Lean, Just In Case, Wholesale.
- Select potential material for assortments.
- Identify exceptions in automated analysis to generate a good material forecast.
- Periodically report KPI for delivery of material assortments within a Service Level
- Agreement (SLA). Identify root causes and implement actions to improve.
- Assure stock accuracy; assure the system quantity is exactly the physical stock. Liaise with the stock manager and warehouse manager to initiate counting and do corrections at errors.
- Initiate repairs of repairable(s) within a SLA. Initiate production orders for SLA items with approval of the contract manager if the volume in the chain is too low.
- Regular meetings with customer. Openly discuss our performance, identify root causes and agree on action plans to improve our performance.
- Weekly reporting of findings and actions to Manager Operations.
- Reporting SLA performance, root cause and action plan on monthly basis.
- Report KPI for “missing parts”.

Other
- In case of absence of colleagues, take over their activities in (tactical) material planning.
- Initiate purchase requisitions for non-planned material.
- Other activities such as: department meetings, process flows descriptions.

**Qualifications & Skills**:
**EDUCATION**
- BE or B.Tech

**BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES**:

- Agile
- Proactive
- Assertive
- Problem solver

**TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE**
- B.tech or BE

**EXPERIENCE / SKILL SET**
- 5+ year expérience in material Planning (preferred - RS or Automobile)
- Language Skills: Proficient in English language,
- IT Skills: MS office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), ASCOT, SAP (MM Module), KINAXIS

**LEADERSHIP SKILL**

AGILE
- Dealing with uncertainty
- Business Acumen
- Innovative
- Learning on the fly

INCLUSIVE
- Building effective (virtual) teams
- Listening and informing
- Managing diversity
- Understanding others with empathy

RESPONSIBLE
- Customer focus (internal and external)
- Integrity and ethics
- Managerial courage Managing with vision and purpose.

An agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers. We are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals.

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