Material Planner Bardi

Material Planner
Bardi
Emilia Romagna, Bardi

Material Planner**:

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In our Electrification Business Area we are looking for a Material Planner, who will ensure, for the assigned perimeter, in compliance with the company's guidelines and procedures the correct planning of products requirements and refilling orders, pursuing company main targets as customer service and inventory level.

**This position reports to**:

Sales Operations Manager

**Your responsibilities**:

- Ensure service level for customer and manage urgencies to guarantee timely deliveries; minimize late backlog, determining its root causes and eliminating them.

- Ensure that the right inventory level is maintained, minimizing it according to the company's target while guaranteeing customer service level; ensure inventory is compliant with company guidelines.

- Ensure the achievement of target for customer service level while keeping under the target for stock inventory value and overseeing availability of material to achieve sales plan in Southern Europe region; ensure the planning and procurement of material from Feeder Factories and drive regular discussion with FFs on inbound issues, planning parameters, reverse logistics, OTD.

- Ensure the definition and implementation of management procedures.

- Collaborate to preparation and validate proper Sales and Operations Plan (SOP), according to budget, forecast and management input.

- Ensure proper phase in - phase out of products under GPG/LSO/FF input, preventing obsolescence.

- Supervise all tactical and transactional purchasing activities including related periodical master data maintenance (planning bill, material master data, stock management policies per item, forecast to suppliers, etc.

), adjusting planning parameters and replenishment plans according to demand.

- Validate Purchase Order Requisitions or Purchase Orders according to Release Strategy and Table of Authorities.

**Your background**:

- Degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or equivalent

- 3-4 years of experience (Planning experience or Logistics)

- Strong knowledge of Planning and Logistics processes and methodologies as well as strong knowledge of SAP (especially MM), preferably key-user level

- Analytical and problem solving capabilities

- Fluent spoken and written English

- Stress-tolerant, good communication skills, intercultural understanding

- Ability to develop partnership relation with FFs and Customer Service, teamwork skills, results orientation

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