Material Planner

He/She is responsible to maintain material flow to support production schedule with the lowest inventory as possible.

Responsibilities

• Receive Master Production Plan (MPS) from demand planning section.
• Review production schedules plans for manufacture products & achieve customer satisfaction and execute master production policies such as the establishment of plan time fences, determination of safety stock quantities and the setting of Lot sizes and follow opening and closing of work order and how to decrease deviation of material for work order.
• Coordinate with the Technical department to periodically revise the Bill of materials consumption rates.
• Place purchase requisition and follow up with purchasing department ensuring on time delivery of the required quantities
• Manage the materials requirements with the Purchasing and Warehouse departments.
• Follow up the deviations of materials consumption rate and take corrective action where necessary.
• Follow up the monthly requisition for local materials and foreign materials on daily basis.
• Issue requisition and maintain inventories of imported materials and supplies necessary to meet the production plans.
• Monitor the flow of scrap materials and slow-moving items.
• Evaluate the Performance of Materials Section by calculating the turnovers ratio and availability of materials and days of supplies.
• Monitor obsolete materials and coordinate with Technical, Production, Sales, Quality and Finance to take action for using them as alternative materials.

Minimum Qualification

University degree in a related field (Engineering). Certifications or trainings on Planning and Supply Chain preferred.

Skills & Experience

• 3 or more years of progressive management experience in industry field.
• Thorough Knowledge in data collection and analysis methods.
• Thorough understanding of cables production.
• Studies in Planning and Supply Chain are an asset
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong listening and communication skills.