Materials Planner

Location: Ahmedabad, GJ, IN, 382330- Req ID: 3845Position Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Perform timely, cost-conscious procurement of production/inventory/MRO items. Indirect procurement experience shall be preferred for this position.
- Project/Contract Management for all site execution and Capital purchase of
- Receive and analyze requisitions to determine quantity, specifications and delivery requirements.
- From approved supplier list, recommend and select suppliers to fulfill 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.
- Analyze and select parts for KanBan and 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.
- Analyze 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.
- Productivity: identify and implement cost reduction/productivity projects to meet the corporate initiatives/goals. Maintain pipeline and financial records for reporting and tracking productivity.

Key Competencies and Success Factors:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
- Maintain product knowledge in terms of options, substitutions, critical functions/components, etc.
- Understand material specifications in terms of substitutions, quality, engineering requirements, etc.
- Maintain basic knowledge of supplier processes and capabilities.
- Understand special test/witness certification requirements and actions to achieve certification.
- Understanding of Kanban and JIT systems.
- Able to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Broad working knowledge and experience with ISO procedures.
- Must possess a strong customer service orientation and must provide dedicated support of internal and external customer requirements.
- Must be a strong written and verbal communicator, able to communicate to various audiences effectively
- Team oriented, must have the ability to work cohesively with others.
- Must be able to work well with external suppliers.
- Must possess ability to work well in a manufacturing environment.
- Must be detail-oriented and self-motivated, able to work with mínimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasked environment.

Experience and Skills Required:

- BE degree and 10+ years minimum experience as material planner/lead buyer for manufacturing/engineering organization. Project/Contracts management and Inventory analyst skills are preferred.
- APICS (CPIM) or NAPM (CPM) or Purchasing Management certification preferred
- Considerable knowledge of industry related supply base.
- Skilled in production and supplier scheduling.
- Knowledgeable of supplier processes and capabilities.
- Able to provide direction and training to peers as needed.
- Basic mathematical skills
- Experience with rate based or flow line (non-MRP) and job shop manufacturing environments.
- Experience in operations, inventory management, MRP and lean manufacturing processes.
- Experience with visual management systems. Oracle R12 experience shall be preferred.

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