Material Planner Compo

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**Overview** This role is for a Material Planner Compo at Alstom, located at the production site in Nigel Ekurhuleni. The primary purpose of this position is to manage internal and/or external supplier portfolios to ensure timely and accurate delivery of goods according to Alstom's needs. This involves expressing delivery requirements to suppliers, actively managing and improving supplier delivery performances, and contributing to risk management efforts. The role operates within a broad network including external suppliers, various internal Alstom teams such as Planning & Logistics, Production, Sourcing, Quality, and central Material Planning. **What you will do** * Express delivery needs to Suppliers. * Follow up on deliveries and ensure the availability of goods for Alstom projects. * Monitor Supplier's performance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). * Participate in or lead activities to improve Supplier's performances. * Contribute with Supply Chain inputs for supplier selection. * Manage Purchase Requisition flow up to Material Planning documents for internal suppliers. * Follow up with Sourcing on the Purchase Requisition level maturity for launching Material Planning documents for external suppliers. * Ensure and update the accuracy of material planning master data in compliance with stock and logistic constraints. * Create Material Planning documents such as Call-offs, Schedule Agreements, and respective Source Lists. * Communicate Material Planning documents to Suppliers and follow up on their confirmations. * Analyze Supplier confirmations versus Alstom needs and evaluate the risk/impact anticipation on production/projects. * Identify priorities associated with risk/impact anticipation and set up recovery actions. * Maintain a routine with Suppliers to check the status of deliveries. * Analyze and manage Material Requirements Planning (MRP) exception messages and anticipate supply problems (backlogs, shortages, no demand). * Maintain delivery dates in the ERP system. * Track missing parts until stock availability. * Ensure non-conformities replacement. * Resolve Receiving issues (e.g., overstock, shortage, damage, documentation). * Analyze and share deliveries performance KPIs with different internal and external stakeholders. * Collaborate with Material Planning Management/SDPM to validate underperforming Suppliers and define appropriate action plans. * Apply appropriate communication routine with Suppliers based on their delivery performances. * Drive and follow Supplier Capacity Assessment when involved. * Drive and follow Supplier's Light Capability Assessment (LSCA) when involved. * Contribute to new business risk assessments and mitigation action plans. * Apply APSYS roadmap and standards. * Respect Alstom EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety) policy and participate in EHS improvement and targets achievement. * Respect Alstom Ethics & Compliance codes. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Education:** * National Diploma/Degree in Supply Chain * ERP: SAP experience * Experience with MS Office tools * **Experience:** * Excellent communication. * 5 years material/production planning experience. * Advanced knowledge of Supply chain processes, especially in warehouse & material flows. * Sound material/production planning experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment. * Strong industrial background, with experience in Management: Production/Supply Chain/Quality/Industrialization/Methods Engineering. * Experience in Supplier relationship and management (Qualification of suppliers, Project development, Serial Life Management, Problem Solving). * Experience in Automotive, Aeronautics or Rail companies desirable, with exposure to manufacturing. * **Technical Knowledge/Competencies:** * Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills. * Commercial and financial awareness, with a full understanding of the impact of failure with regards to business costs, production targets and fulfilment of customer orders. * Results orientated and organised with the ability to plan and deliver against deadlines. * Strong analytical, planning and problem-solving skills. * Project management skills. * Excellent attention to detail skills. * Strong negotiation skills & leadership. * Active team player, deadline driven, process driven. * Good communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally. * **Behavioural Competencies:** * Strong leadership in front of Supplier and internal Stakeholders. * Cross Functional Team management. * Can drive the Change/is a Change Agent. * Autonomous. * Priorities & Project Management. * Materials requirements planning. * Inventory management & Material Planning techniques. * Industrial scheduling. * Transport & Distribution. * Supply Chain information systems. * Data analytics. * Agility. * Collaboration. **Who should apply** This role is ideal for a highly experienced and results-oriented Supply Chain professional with a National Diploma/Degree in Supply Chain and at least 5 years of material/production planning experience, particularly within an industrial or manufacturing setting. The successful candidate will have advanced knowledge of Supply Chain processes, especially in warehouse and material flows, and be proficient in SAP and MS Office tools. They should possess excellent communication, strong analytical, planning, problem-solving, and negotiation skills, coupled with strong leadership and the ability to influence. Autonomy, commercial and financial awareness, attention to detail, and a proactive, change-agent mindset are crucial. Experience in supplier relationship management and an industrial background, potentially within the Automotive, Aeronautics, or Rail sectors, would be highly beneficial. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/material-planner-compo-alstom Source: myjobmag

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