Planner Iii

Join our team and help shape the future of connectivity indoors and outdoors. Together, let's push the boundaries of technology and advance sustainable networks worldwide.

**How You'll Help Us Connect the World**:
As a **Planner,**you will ensure correct and smooth movement of the material from suppliers to Site (R&D lab & Pilot line) and support manufacturing process to complete customers' orders and Development Proto build and Pilot build more efficiently. The primary goal of this role Planner In R&D is a critical leadership role in ensuring timely execution of New Product Development (NPD) projects by driving end-to-end material planning, cross-functional alignment, and Material risk management. This role will be based in **Verna, Goa.**

**You Will Make an Impact By**:

- Participatingand workingas a Project Planning lead in R&D project for successful completion of development Projects.
- Lead the Planning Team for smooth functioning on daily activities and strive to take the department to the next level by continuously improving the process.
- Building, maintaining, and communicatinglong lead parts requirement, stocking plan to ensure smooth running of Project in R&D department.
- Collaboratingwith the following cross-functional teams during Project execution to ensure material availability for project starts to completion: Project manager, Mechanical Engineer, Radio frequency Engineer, Buyer, Process Engineer, global and local cross functional operations team suppliers, Product line Managers, Demand Planner, Procurement and finance team.
- Analyzingand maintaining inventory levels as per usage history of the material.
- Partnering with Engineering/Project Managers/Procurement and PLM to support speed-to-market initiatives for NPI activities.
- Leading excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory management activities.
- Takinginitiate in Continues Improvement activities in planning and overall process Improvement.
- Using corporate ERP system (SAP), and Inhouse tracker, collaborating with R&D Project team, create material planning for the associated development Projects, work with Buyer and External supplier to ensure material is planned and delivered as per the requirement of Project in R&D for various commodities.
- Working with Lab and Pilot team to ensure material is issued and build commences as per Project commitment
- EnsuringStocking plans in place based on consumption and forecast, Co-ordinate and work with CFT team to qualify the new parts to finally set the source for regular production and MRP transfer to production planner
- Working with Local and Global procurement teams to resolve any supply issues resulting in delays delivering Customer critical Project, Technology development Projects, customer samples, special request from Counterpart R&D organization
- Using Material tracker and management tools to keep the team in sync from drawing release to receipt of parts
- Working with Project plan to meet master schedule needs of the Project Liaising with Shipping Agents regarding imports of Air and Ocean Freight cost, delivery schedules and requests.
- Lesioning with counterparts SUZ R&D team to plan material for Project balancing requirement of cost and delivery.
- Collaborating with other functional areas to improve planning processes, including Material tracking, supplier follow-up, Material issuance, Pilot material FA clearance, source setting, BOM cost update in SAP etc.
- Processing RTS /PR /PO for any R&D equipment used, repair, processing, co-ordination, and delivery.
- Investigating possible alternative uses of excess and slow-moving stock to reduce and eliminate this specific area of inventory and optimize usage of material.
- Monthly reporting and Improvement initiative in Planning department.

**Required Qualifications for Consideration**:

- Bachelors in related curriculum such as Engineering
- Preferably 8-10 Years of similar Planning & production experience in a high volume/mix manufacturing environment, ideally filter parts to meet needs, minimum 3 years' experience leading a team.
- Minimum 2-3 years of SAP (MM) / ERP hands on experiencein Material Planning

**You Will Excite Us If You Have**:

- Analytical skills to track, monitor, drive decisions and execute material planning and delivery.
- Experience and skills in understanding and interacting with CFT team, suppliers, Engineering Team
- Accurate, decisive, data-driven abilities, to deliver commitments in a complex tight-schedule projects.
- Good effective communication skills in English language
- Strong PC skills required (Excel & MS Office) required.
- Extensive experience with ERP, SAP.
- Advance excel knowledge
- Experience in Power BI, VB

**Why ANDREW?**

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