Material Planner

Your future role

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

You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the seamless flow of materials to meet production and project demands.

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (such as Procurement, Material Planning Management, and Suppliers), analyze supply chain risks, and implement recovery actions, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of managing purchase requisitions, creating material planning documents, and monitoring supplier performance, but also contribute to risk assessments and action plans.

We’ll look to you for:Managing purchase requisitions until material planning document creation for internal suppliersFollowing up with Procurement to ensure purchase requisition readiness for external suppliersEnsuring and updating the accuracy of material planning master dataCreating material planning documents (e.g., Call-off, Schedule Agreement) and respective Source Lists and Quota ManagementCommunicating material planning documents to suppliers and following up on supplier confirmationsAnalyzing supplier confirmations versus Alstom needs and anticipating risks/impacts on production/projectsIdentifying priorities, setting up recovery actions, and maintaining regular reviews with suppliersManaging MRP exception messages and anticipating supply problemsTracking missing parts until stock availabilityResolving goods receipt issues and ensuring non-conformities are addressedAnalyzing and sharing delivery performance KPIs with stakeholdersCollaborating with Material Planning Management/SDPM to address supplier performance issuesContributing to supplier capacity and capability assessmentsSupporting new business risk assessments and mitigation plans

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:Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related fieldExperience or understanding of material planning and procurement processesKnowledge of ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and MRP principlesFamiliarity with supplier performance management and supply chain risk mitigationA certification in supply chain or logistics (e.g., APICS, CSCP) is a plusStrong analytical and problem-solving skillsExcellent communication and collaboration 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 routinesWork with innovative tools and methodologies in material planningCollaborate with transverse teams and supportive colleaguesContribute to innovative projects that shape the future of mobilityUtilize our flexible and inclusive working environmentSteer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countriesBenefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learningProgress towards roles such as Senior Material Planner or Supply Chain ManagerBenefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to noteAs 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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