Subject Matter Expert - GBS Planning

a Subject Matter Expert – GBS Planning in Chennai, India.

In charge of maintaining materials/purchasing data, supply data and information to other production departments, coordinate contracts, maintain Certificates of Conformance for all suppliers, and create and maintain outsources parts schedules.

What a typical day looks like:

• Responsible for providing expertise and support to the Customer Focus Team (CFT), ensuring the ability of the materials planning for a specific project or projects as required.
• Providing materials support to the weekly production planned orders and enables to achieve Kit on time drop to meet Customer Schedule Key assignments includes providing timely Materials status through use of available Shortage reports, Submission of Excess and Obsolete Inventory to the Customer, Work Order Management, inventory management to achieve the operating goals.
• Senior Materials Planners for New Emerging NPI Accounts to provide faster service to the NPI Customer to effectively communicate with the customer protecting Business interest of Flex Working on customer forecast for activity like normalization, forecast comparison etc. Working on customer forecast & shipment using waterfall method.
• Responsible for analyzing availability of materials & capacity based on customer demand & coming up with aggressive but achievable loading schedule. Responsible for running weekly system reports to determine material shortages & work on their closure with buying team.
• Responsible for handling work order management based on build plan. Responsible for identifying & taking various inventory management measures

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or Engineering Graduates
• Experience: 8-11 yrs. Planning/ Supply Chain Purchasing, Planning and Supply Chain knowledge/experience
• Must be able to analyze supply chain for demand pull in or push out. Mandatory Knowledge of computer software applications, MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint (PF)
• Knowledge of planning tools like Kinaxis will be an added advantage.
• Proficiency: ERP/P2P systems BAAN / SAP/ Oracle
• Knowledge of complete planning cycle including MPS, MRP, Demand Planning, Materials planning, Production planning.
• The jobholder is required to have a flexible and adaptable approach to changing work schedules and business needs and remaining steady and reliable under pressure.
• Communication, both verbal and written, is an important part of this role. The job holder is required to exchange information, ideas and views on business related matters concerning the Planning function, throughout the Company at all levels.
• Innovation: The jobholder is required to show a willingness to question traditional methodology and make recommendations on new ways of approaching problems and improving existing processes

Here are a few examples of what you will get for the great work you provide:

• Health Insurance
• PTO