Material Planner

Job ID: 36579- Location: Pune, IN, 410507- Identify, Prioritize, Aggregate and Balance Product Requirements and Resources
- The process of identifying, prioritizing, and considering, all sources of demand, material and other resources used to add value to a product. It includes the process of developing a time-phased course of action as projected appropriation that commits resources to meet requirements.
- Define planning structure with planning methods per production level
- Order RAW Material (Sched. Agreement / Purch. Order)
- Ordering and managing the execution of the individual deliveries of RAW material against the scheduling agreement or purchase order. The requirements for RAW material deliveries are determined based on the detailed sourcing plan.
- MRP run and validation
- Validates the correct delivery schedule transfer to supplier.
- Material availability assurance
- Return Defective or Excess Supplier Material
- The return and disposition determination of defective or excess Supplier Matieral as defined by the warranty claims, material recall, non-conforming material and/or other similar policies including appropriate replacement. It Includes any type of material not conforming to specifications (including order non-conformance such as late or otherwise improper delivery); company business rules determine the definition of ‘defective’ or ´excess´. The physical disposition of the material may not be part of the return process.
- Manage Raw Material Inventory
- The process of establishing and maintaining physical inventories and inventory information. This includes warehouse management, cycle counting, physical inventories and inventory reconciliation.
- Perform 3rd party warehouse stock accuary management
- Maintain & optimize expired material / slow material / obsoletes (for raw material)
- Perform material shortage & allocation management process (MSM)
- SCM processes in Product Termination Notification and Product Change Notificaition process (PTN/PCN)
- Manage Sourcing Agreements
'- Identifying the necessary materials and issuing purchase orders.
- Schedule the supply of materials/components to meet production requirements and min safety stock levels.
- Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions.
- Day-to-day order management and management of deliveries
Report analysis & updates (Coverage, Forecast, Projections, Supplier Overdue, supplier over shipment / qty)
- Understand and manage risks to minimize impact on production schedule.
- Take follow up actions in relation to material shortages that affect production.
- Co-ordinate with Engg & Project team for any engg changes & new project.
- Minimize obsolete stock and ensure business is left with minimum liability.
- Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate processes for material delivery from supplier to point of fit.
- Coordinate with other departments on production objectives, schedules, supplier payments, etc
- VT Capabilities and organizational citizenship
- Live the VT Values - Passionate, Partnering and Pioneering and actively promote the VT Values in the organization.
- Act in line with the VT Rules of Cooperation and ensure stakeholder focus, business responsibility, entrepreneurship and information sharing.
- Collaborate with others, volunteer for additional tasks, support the inclusion of (new) colleagues, help others accomplish their work.
- VT Rules and Regulations compliance
- Respect the requirements of the VT Code of Conduct and actively promote it.
- Follow the defined rules for safety, health, security, fire and environmental protection, legal compliance and technical compliance.
- Follow the rules and regulations expressed in the Quality Management System.
- Risk Management:

Allocation Management
- Working closely together with the supplier allocation team as well as sales, planning, production, plant logistics, VT O SCM, purchasing e.g. in order to stabilize and improve the actual situation
- Based on the supplier delivery performance KPIs and respective global demands the allocation manager has to decide about the necessity to change suppliers production planning and/or production loading.
- Point of escalation for all affected Vitesco Technologies plants to cope with raw material based supply bottlenecks
- Decision maker to allocate limited material supply in-between Vitesco Technologies plants in close cooperation with supplier.
- Responsible to arrange premium freights such as CTC, handcarry, e.g.
- Interface between all affected Vitesco Technologies plants and supplier to ensure that demand versus supply is balanced
- Develop preventive tools to avoid any line-down in our factories due material shortage
- Work extensively with the SAP/ERP system to analyze material needs and preferred suppliers (possible 2nd sources) of manufacturing locations worldwide.
- Monitor released schedules and evaluate installed capacity of supplier accordingly
- Support sourcing and project teams to implement possible alte