Material Planner

About the role

Responsible for ensuring the timely availability of raw materials, components, and packaging materials to meet production and customer requirements while maintaining optimum inventory levels and minimizing material shortages, excess, and obsolete stock.

Key responsibilities

• Plan material requirements based on production plans, customer demand, MRP requirements, BOM, inventory levels, and supplier lead times
• Monitor material availability and ensure materials are ready according to the production schedule
• Review MRP requirements and coordinate purchase/replenishment requirements with Purchasing
• Monitor open purchase orders, delivery schedules, and supplier commitments
• Follow up and expedite critical, delayed, or shortage materials to prevent production disruption
• Maintain appropriate safety stock, reorder levels, MOQ, and lead-time parameters
• Monitor inventory levels and identify shortage, excess, slow-moving, and obsolete materials
• Coordinate with Production, Purchasing, Warehouse, Quality, Engineering, and suppliers to resolve material issues
• Adjust material plans according to changes in production schedules, customer demand, engineering changes, and supply conditions
• Support material planning for New Product Introduction (NPI) and engineering changes

About you

• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or related field
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in Material Planning, Supply Chain, Production Planning, or Inventory Management, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or equivalent
• Good understanding of BOM, MRP, inventory control, production planning, material lead times, MOQ, and safety stock
• Strong analytical, planning, coordination, and problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills and ability to work effectively with internal departments and suppliers