Material Planner

Job Description

You’ll be our: Material Planner (Spares or Vehicle)

You’ll be based at: Hosur Factory, Tamil Nadu

You’ll be Aligned with: Lead, Material Planning

You’ll be a member of: Central Planning

What you’ll do at Ather:

 

1. Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate processes for material flow from point-of-supply to point-of-use for the finished good/ product for the service (spares) / component and sub-component level parts required for completion of the final product as well as plant maintenance.

2. Driving the equilibrium between Production, Service, and Inventory Planning in consultation with the Supply Operations division of the organization.

3. Develop a model to assess long term component requirements against different planning scenarios vis-a-vis capacity of the OEMs.

4. Be able to understand, calculate and manage multiple risks (Domestic/ Global, Internal/ External) with respect to Material Planning to minimize the impact of material management on supply, sales & operations plan.

5. Identify the constraints of material management which affect production targets and take corrective actions in relation to Own the KPI of Inventory Turn Ratio and drive it across organization.

6. Minimize exposure to excess and obsolete stock and ensure minimum financial liability.

7. Drive integration of Material & Inventory management.

8. Lead the engineering change implementation in Supply Chain function.

9. Actively contribute to the development and support of material planning processes and benchmark against best practices in the industry.

10. Continuous improvements in sync with the Supply Chain Design group.

11. Be in sync with all the stakeholders across verticals as well as across horizontals, through the Head of Department, for smooth functioning of the Material Forecasting and Planning.

Here’s what we are looking for:

 

1. Proficiency of working on SAP MM Module

2. Prior experience of Planning, Inventory Management and Analytics from the manufacturing industry.

3. Proficiency in various types of Bills of Materials, master data management and exposure of leading time scheduling practices/ methods

4. Ability to thrive under pressure.

5. Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.

 

What You bring to Ather:

B.E/ M. E in Industrial engineering, Automobile Engineering, Production Engineering or Mechanical engineering
MBA in Operation Management or equivalent Certification from a Tier 1 institute
4-7 years of hands-on experience on Material Planning and Inventory management
Minimum of two references from not previous to the recent two organizations to authenticate/ validate the above sought credentials.