Material Planner

Job Description

You as Material Planner will be part of Hitachi Energy business based in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. You will be conducting all activities related to the handling of parts and semi-finished or final products in the warehouse or from the production line. Maintaining inventory record accurately.<p><br></p><strong>Your Responsibilities</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>Monitoring of production requirements and coordinating with production planning and SCM team in ensuring material availability.</li><li>Segmentation and safety stock &amp; Inventory parameters.</li><li>Calculating and maintaining in the planning systems and the ERPs the inventory parameters: safety stock, reorder point, lot size, lead-time, and replenishment strategies.</li><li>Collaborating with buyers for obtaining the best possible on-time delivery, lead-time.</li><li>Working with Operations Buyers to align planning of material with call offs and ensuring that purchase requisitions are converted into purchase orders.</li><li>Managing MRP (Materials Resource Planning) Supports cycle counting and or year-end inventory counting. Conducting financial risk assessments decisions relating to inventory, conducting root case analysis when necessary.</li><li>Analyzing excess and obsolete or aging inventory. Taking appropriate action for optimizing inventory performance, in collaboration with sales, marketing, manufacturing and Procurement and Logistics.</li><li>Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.</li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Your background</strong><p><br></p><ul><li>A bachelor’s degree or high diploma in relevant field.</li><li>2 years of experience in similar position. </li><li>Knowledge of Excel. </li><li>Experience with SAP or similar ERP system. </li><li>Strong communication and organizing skills. </li><li>Should be excited to learn, flexible, open-minded and team-work oriented.</li><li>Proficiency in both spoken and written English language is required.</li></ul><p><br></p>Basic Info Location Dammam, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia Job type Full time Experience Experienced Job function Engineering &amp; Science Contract Regular Publication date 2023-06-22 Reference number SA52849752