Material Panning Analyst-2

Overview

Schedules, plans and oversees material procurement, production and delivery processes, managing the supplier base to ensure parts move from source to distribution on time.

What you'll do

• Participate in scheduling production and delivery processes in accordance with current productivity and cost efficiency standards.
• Develop and execute material planning for a product line to ensure all material requirements for assigned programs are met within the allocated time frame.
• Organize the flow of materials within the manufacturing unit and the transferring of materials to and from the inventory or warehouse.
• Generate forecasts and manage replenishment planning for parts and materials to ensure specified service levels are met.
• Expedite parts from suppliers in line with business requirements to manage dealer first fill.
• Engage suppliers for the given profile, monitor their delivery performance regularly, and initiate supplier improvement processes if required.
• Resolve inbound grief with suppliers and other supply chain partners.
• Validate inventory levels, manage transport, and create and publish schedules to suppliers to meet dealer fill.
• Negotiate with suppliers and de-expedite parts to manage cost and avoid excess inventory.
• Work with, monitor and generate reports for the business using process tools and ERP systems (SAP, S4, SPP, Syncron, Power BI, Tableau, Salesforce, SharePoint, MS Office etc).
• Validate supplier invoices against goods receipt and ensure timely payment to vendors.
• Provide updates on critical parts to the dealer.
• Manage dealer orders and run analysis.
• Keep all process-related documents updated and maintained.
• Work on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on availability, back order/past due reduction, ETA coverage and improve process performance.
• Align to UK / Europe shift timings as per business requirement.

What you'll need

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Must be target driven, take ownership, and be able to work independently, in teams, and with co-workers and other functions to achieve results.
• Decision making and critical thinking: ability to analyze situations accurately and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Problem solving: ability to recognize, anticipate and resolve organizational, operational or process problems, applying tools and techniques to diverse situations.
• Relationship management: ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors and peers.
• Internal resource coordination: ability to synchronize and integrate activities, responsibilities, and command and control structures to use internal resources efficiently.
• Distribution requirements planning (DRP): ability to systematically manage distribution of inventory for multiple plants or warehouses, including working with real-time inventory software and basic DRP processes.
• Manufacturing requirements planning (MRP) and Aftermarket business: ability to optimize planning for manufacturing cycles, lead-time, and capacity and materials availability.
• Materials handling and management in warehouse: ability to monitor and improve processes related to storage, transportation and handling of goods/materials, including packaging, shelf life, and handling of hazardous goods.
• Transportation: knowledge of transporting materials and goods from and to suppliers, distribution centres, other facilities and customers, including Incoterms, carrier costs, rates, time requirements, and basic shipping documents.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka.
• Should align to UK / Europe shift timings as per business requirement.