Material Planner

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your planning and supply chain expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and detail-oriented teammates.

You'll play a critical role in ensuring material availability and optimizing planning strategies to support our projects, maintenance, and production goals. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Fleet Planning, Customer Service, Project Managers, Engineering, and Manufacturing), lead the coordination of missing parts analysis, and drive continuous improvement initiatives, among other responsibilities.

You’ll specifically take care of material demand planning and inventory strategy deployment, but also contribute to maintaining material master data and monitoring key performance indicators.

We’ll look to you for:

• Production planning in ERP in alignment with Project Planning – MPS

• Material demand forecasting based on production, maintenance, and repair planning

• Managing Material Net Requirements through the MRP process

• Leading and coordinating missing parts anticipation and root cause analysis

• Deploying inventory strategies based on parts typology, demand input, and other characteristics

• Creating and maintaining material master data (e.g., MRP type, MRP controller, planning strategy)

• Monitoring and reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and driving continuous improvement

• Ensuring 100% material availability at the site and resolving supplier/planning issues

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Graduation in Engineering, Industrial, Business Administration, or Supply Chain

• Experience or understanding of production and material planning

• Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP systems

• Familiarity with MRP processes and inventory management strategies

• A continuous improvement mindset

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and coordination abilities

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Work with innovative supply chain and planning standards

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to impactful and innovative projects

• Utilise our flexible and dynamic working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards senior roles in supply chain, planning, or project management

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

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