Material Planner

About the role

This role is responsible for material planning to meet demand from production to fulfil sales orders, including issuing purchase requisitions, monitoring inventory levels, and coordinating with internal departments and suppliers to ensure timely material availability.

Key responsibilities

• Issue PR to purchase raw and packing material based on current on-hand balance vs average monthly usage and safety quantity
• Perform check and balance of on-hand quantity of material to purchase, to determine the receiving date
• Work together with production planner to place ad hoc PR or pull in orders to meet material needs and escalate production for ad hoc orders
• Liaise with purchaser and supplier for material purchase, arrangement (logistic/self-pickup) and payment requests
• Monitor and update system on changes of raw and packaging material safety level based on average usage, safety quantity, MOQ and delivery lead time from vendor
• Reduce inventory level by material category through analysing the usage trend vs MOQ to avoid over purchase or excess stock
• Monitor the material slow moving report and update management for action to be taken
• Coordinate with QA personnel for new material or amended versions of material to avoid wrong material purchase
• Quarterly update the part purchase under CUSTOM SCHEDULE B for custom submission
• Perform month end stock count

About you

• Diploma or Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or related field
• Minimum 2–3 years of relevant working experience in food industry or relevant industries
• Required language: English, Bahasa Melayu and Mndarin
• Good communication skills to deal with people across the floor
• Good analytic and problem solving skills
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, MS Excel, PowerPoint
• Knowledge in ERP system is an added advantage