Material Planner

General Overview

Functional Area:    SCM - Supply Chain Management        
Career Stream:    SCM - Supply Chain Management        
Role:    SCM
Job Title:    Material Planner        
Job Code:    ANA-SCM-BUYP        
Band:    Level 07               
Direct/Indirect Indicator:    Indirect

Summary

Incumbents are fully qualified to execute job/role accountabilities working independently on most aspects of the job. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. Tasks are moderately complex in nature where judgment is required to complete recurring assignments independently and to determine the best methods to follow to complete assignments. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the divisions/departments operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Works under general Supervision. Situations not covered by standard processes, procedures and methods are referred to manager or expert resource. May demonstrate work methods to new employees. Builds internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job/role accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
•    Plans, organizes, controls and executes a material schedule for a designated product or products including program coordination.
•    Develops material readiness schedules (CTB) based on actual and forecasted customer demand, product demand profiles and knowledge of the customer.
•    Ensures quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plan.
•    Revises plans as per business situation required based on analysis of actuals versus plan.
•    Manages issues associated with engineering changes to ensure minimal cost exposure, excess materials and risk to customer shipment.
•    Participates in the introduction of new products and supports the transfer/de-transfer of existing products through planning and analysing of common and unique materials in support of project deadlines.
•    Communicates information on materials availability to support build plans throughout the product life cycle.
•    Maintains knowledge of customer volume fluctuations and determines the materials required.
•    Provides information to procurement team on demand variances.
•    Develops and communicates short- and long-term commitments to customers to ship products.
•    Coordinates necessary resources to meet shipment commitments.
•    Reviews and reports on aggregate levels of product inventory, inventory exposure, backlog, availability and on-time delivery.
•    Develops recovery plans if missed shipments occur.
•    Facilitates development of processes and best practice models for outbound order fulfilment.
•    Provides expert role to other sites and other departments for North American Order Fulfilment models and practices.
•    Provides training, guidance and may assign work to less experienced employees.
•    Attends regular meetings with the internal & external customer to ensure the supply chain streamline in smooth way.
•    Perform and complete any other tasks or assignments which appointed by superiors.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, the types of materials being purchased by the department and the engineering change process.
• Basic knowledge of production planning fundamentals, scheduling, materials requirements planning techniques and manufacturing control systems
• Knowledge of procurement processes, inventory management and supplier management.
• Knowledge of basic computer applications such as WORD, Excel, PowerPoint and multiple business applications.
• Good negotiation and problem resolution skills.
• Ability to plan strategically for the coordinated delivery of a variety of materials.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

Typical Experience

• Two to Four years relevant experience

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.