Material Planner

**Job Description
- Material Planning / Tactical purchase**

**Job Title**

Material Planner

**Location**

(Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India)

**About Us**

**Job Summary**

The Material Planner is an active team member in planning and scheduling the delivery of material from suppliers. This highly tactical position is responsible to monitor the flows of buy items, guarantee availability of components in order to avoid material shortages and production downtime, as well as to manage inventory levels to meet our customer service and inventory targets.

**Responsibilities**
- Receive and analyse requisitions to determine quantity, specifications and delivery requirements.
- From approved supplier list, recommend and select suppliers to fulfil scheduled plant deliveries.
- Responsible for the on-boarding of new selected suppliers relative to material planning.
- Ensure up-to-date ABC classification is maintained for planning, and other key inputs into the PFEP process
- Ensure optimal inventory levels and safety stock are maintained for their parts
- Coordinate with Quality Assurance to resolve quality issues with suppliers.
- Maintain proactive shortage identification and management - help flag root causes & corrective actions.
- Identify total cost and cash flow opportunities with suppliers.
- Analyse and select parts for Supplier replenishment.
- May lead and direct others to accomplish desired organizational objectives.
- Expedite deliveries to meet and exceed scheduled critical requirements.
- Maintain material plan at the time fence to ensure continuity of supply.
- Coordinate with production planners for solutions when parts cannot be delivered as promised.
- Maintain and continuously evaluate supplier performance and escalate to Procurement when issues occur.
- Resolve invoicing discrepancies with suppliers and accounting.
- Analyse material and capacity availability to provide customer promise dates for sales orders.
- Maintains item master lead time information based upon process improvements, current constraints, total current demand by product family, and priority information.
- Manage internal and SOMI/VMI material to meet schedules.
- Interface with required functional groups to resolve challenging delivery requirements.
- Communicate forecasts and replenishment plans to supplier.
- Review open requirements, monitoring vendor performance and expediting where necessary. Ensure that problems relating to delivery, quality or pricing are promptly conveyed to the supplier and resolved in a timely manner.

**Requirements**:

- Education: BE/B-Tech Mechanical
- Experience: 5-7 years of experience required

**3. Skills**:

- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Experience as a Material Planner, Supply Chain, or similar role
- Knowledge of supply chain and inventory management systems
- Understanding of material requirements planning (MRP)
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong organizational and time-management abilities

**What we Offer**
- We are committed to helping you reach your professional, personal and financial goals. We offer competitive compensation that aligns with our business strategies and comprehensive benefits to help you live your healthiest. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse culture that engages as well as values the different backgrounds and experiences of our employee, which, in turn, spurs innovation, generates creative solutions and enhances our customer relations.