Material Availability Analyst

Overview

Responsible for scheduling, planning, and oversight of material procurement, production, and delivery.

What you'll do

• Coordinate the flow of materials within the manufacturing facility.
• Coordinate transfer of materials (premium freight) to and from inventory or warehouse.
• Develop and execute material planning for a product line.
• Ensure that all material requirements for assigned programs are satisfied within the allocated time frame.
• Schedule and control the release of materials.
• Monitor material inventory in the plant, in the warehouse, and by critical suppliers.
• Build up and follow up procurement plan realization to ensure they align with business objectives.
• Track and analyze supplier performance metrics.
• Collaborate and negotiate with suppliers to deliver materials per requirements.

What you'll need

• Accuracy and attention to detail: explain the importance of accuracy in own function, identify tasks that require accuracy, identify procedures for mistake-free results, and describe consequences of errors within own unit or function.
• Analytical thinking: name tools or techniques that support analysis, describe software applications used for business analytics, and give examples of using analytical thinking to resolve problems.
• Distribution center management: describe the role of a distribution center in the supply chain, cite examples of distribution disruptions and common resolutions, explain basic distribution center performance measurements, and demonstrate understanding of managing an inventory distribution center.
• Forecasting: identify common forecasting tools and techniques, describe the roles of demand forecasting staff, explain sources of information for forecasting demand, and name several forecasting indexes or measurements.
• Inventory management (manufacturing): identify basic tools and approaches for inventory management, describe basic functions and reports needed, cite examples of seasonal adjustments to planned versus actual inventory, and describe basic inventory benchmarks.
• Manufacturing requirements planning (MRP): describe basic materials and capacity management processes, describe the product life cycle and associated MRP cycle, identify parameters used in production run decisions, and describe the use of bills of materials and other supply documentation.
• Problem solving: explain the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving, describe problem reporting and escalation practices, use accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution, and identify key aspects of problem-solving techniques used in own area.
• Supplier management (manufacturing): describe typical tasks for using and managing suppliers, define common terms and conditions of supplier agreements, explain the process for soliciting and selecting suppliers, and state the roles and responsibilities of own and suppliers' staff.

Details

• Works in shifts: either 4:00 PM to 12:30 AM or 6:00 PM to 2:30 AM.
• Requires working onsite five days a week.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu.