Material Planner

The Material Planner is responsible for aligning manufacturing capacity with customer demand, ensuring material availability, and managing the production schedule to meet delivery deadlines. The role involves coordinating across departments—including sales, engineering, purchasing, and the warehouse—to support manufacturing processes and maintain efficient inventory levels.

• Join a market leader in automation and control machine making company

• Basic salary, AWS and Var Bonus

• Develop your career in growing automaton industry

Key Responsibilities

• Planning & Scheduling: Establishes production and manpower capacity, converts customer demand (sales orders/forecasts) into feasible schedules, and generates necessary planning documentation, including kiting lists and purchase requisitions.

• Material & MRP Management: Manages MRP execution, reviews material lists against customer sales to ensure requirement alignment, and follows up on delivery schedules for raw materials with buyers.

• Operational Coordination: Liaises with departments to resolve conflicts in capacity and material availability, issues internal and external kits, and monitors actual production progress against the plan to prevent delays.

• Inventory & Quality Control: Investigates stock discrepancies in stores and work-in-progress (WIP), conducts stocktakes, drives the reduction of excess and obsolete inventory, and monitors incoming material quality.

• Reporting & Compliance: Prepares performance reports to highlight bottlenecks, maintains planning guidelines, and supports Quality Management Systems.

Requirements

• Professional certificate, diploma, or degree in Supply Chain Management or Engineering.

• 1-2 years of experience in demand management, manufacturing planning, or supply chain execution.

• Computer literacy (MS Office) and familiarity with SAP, preferably the S/4 HANA Production Module.

• Strong communication skills and willingness to learn.

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