Material Planner Bardi

Material Planner
Bardi
Emilia Romagna, Bardi

Material Planner**:

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Responsible for end-to-end planning of inventory incl. sales in excess of invoicing from purchase requisition to customer invoice; support internal customer service inquiries; set inventory parameters (MRP), support organization in reaching inventory targets, and ensure adequate replenishment of inventory through purchase orders. Contribute to cross-functional initiatives for optimizing customer on-time delivery, lead-time, inventory and forecast accuracy supported by lean tools whenever applicable and collaboration with the different stakeholders in the end-to-end Supply Chain. You will report to the Planning & Fulfillment Manager.

**This position reports to**:

Planning & Fulfillment Manager

**Your responsibilities**:

- Calculate and maintain in the planning systems and the ERPs the inventory parameters: safety stock, reorder point, lot size, lead-time, and replenishment strategies.

- Collaborate with Buyers for obtaining the best possible supplier performance in terms of supplier on-time delivery, MOQ, quality, lead-time, and flexibility.

- Manage MRP (Materials Resource Planning) exception messages on a daily basis; support cycle counting and/or year-end inventory counting.

- Conducts financial risk assessments decisions relating to inventory, conducts root case analysis when necessary.

- Analyze excess and obsolete/aging inventory; take appropriate action for optimizing inventory performance, in collaboration with sales, marketing, manufacturing and Procurement and Logistics.

- Release purchase orders, addresses Material Requirement Planner (MRP) action messages, expedite parts and manage quick ship request, communicate and expedite material issues.

- Be responsible for stock profile and segments the portfolio of materials through an ABC/XYZ analysis, product lifecycle management and commercial policy, defining inventory policies according to this segmentation.

**Your background**:

- Master Degree in Management Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.

- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular on Microsoft Excel.

- Knowledge of SAP and data analysis tools (Power BI or similar) are considered a plus.

- Fluency in Italian and English, both written and spoken.

- Be creative, innovative and digitally smart.

- Ownership and problem solving attitude, result oriented.

- Teamwork attitude, good communication skills and courage complete the profile.

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