Material Planning Manager

About the role

The Material Planning Manager is responsible for ensuring the right materials are available at the right time and in the right quantity to support production and customer requirements while maintaining optimal inventory levels and controlling material costs.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage the material planning and supply planning team
• Develop material plans based on production schedules, forecasts, customer demand, and inventory requirements
• Ensure timely availability of raw materials, components, packaging, and other production materials
• Review MRP (Material Requirements Planning) outputs and ensure appropriate purchase and replenishment actions
• Monitor inventory levels and establish appropriate safety-stock and reorder strategies
• Coordinate closely with Production, Procurement, Warehouse, Logistics, Sales, and Operations teams
• Analyze demand and supply gaps and develop mitigation plans for shortages or excess inventory
• Monitor supplier delivery performance and escalate material shortages or delays
• Support production scheduling by ensuring material readiness
• Identify and reduce excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and aged inventory

About you

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field
• Typically 7–10 years of experience in material planning, production planning, supply chain, or manufacturing, with management experience
• Strong knowledge of MRP/ERP systems and inventory management
• Experience managing planning teams and working with cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, procurement, inventory control, and supplier management
• ERP/MRP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and data analysis
• Demand and supply planning
• Inventory optimization
• Production planning and scheduling