Material Planner

SKM Air Conditioning LLC; Sharjah; On-site; AED 167,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

SKM Air Conditioning LLC is seeking an experienced Materials Planner in the United Arab Emirates. You will receive the MPS from demand planning and review production schedules to ensure on-time manufacture and customer satisfaction.

You will establish plan time fences, safety stock levels, and lot sizes while coordinating with sourcing and technical teams. Key duties include placing purchase requisitions, managing material requirements with Purchasing and Warehouse, tracking deviations, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive management experience in industry field.
• Thorough knowledge in data collection and analysis methods.
• Thorough understanding of cables production.
• Studies in Planning and Supply Chain are an asset.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong listening and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Receive Master Production Plan (MPS) from demand planning.
• Review production schedules and set plan time fences, safety stock, and lot sizes.
• Coordinate with Technical to revise BOM consumption rates.
• Place purchase requisitions and ensure on-time delivery with Purchasing.
• Manage material requirements with Purchasing and Warehouse.
• Follow up deviations in material consumption and take corrective actions.
• Follow up monthly requisitions for local and foreign materials daily.
• Issue requisitions and maintain inventories of imported materials.
• Monitor scrap materials and slow-moving items.
• Evaluate Materials Section performance via turnover and availability.
• Coordinate with Technical, Production, Sales, Quality and Finance to use obsolete materials as alternatives.

Skills

Data collection and analysis

Problem-solving

Listening and communication

Education

University degree in Engineering

Certifications or trainings in Planning and Supply Chain

Job description

Responsibilities

• Receive Master Production Plan (MPS) from demand planning section.
• Review production schedules plans for manufacture products & achieve customer satisfaction and execute master production policies such as the establishment of plan time fences, determination of safety stock quantities and the setting of Lot sizes and follow opening and closing of work order and how to decrease deviation of material for work order.
• Coordinate with the Technical department to periodically revise the Bill of materials consumption rates.
• Place purchase requisition and follow up with purchasing department ensuring on time delivery of the required quantities
• Manage the materials requirements with the Purchasing and Warehouse departments.
• Follow up the deviations of materials consumption rate and take corrective action where necessary.
• Follow up the monthly requisition for local materials and foreign materials on daily basis.
• Issue requisition and maintain inventories of imported materials and supplies necessary to meet the production plans.
• Monitor the flow of scrap materials and slow-moving items.
• Evaluate the Performance of Materials Section by calculating the turnovers ratio and availability of materials and days of supplies.
• Monitor obsolete materials and coordinate with Technical, Production, Sales, Quality and Finance to take action for using them as alternative materials.

Minimum Qualification

University degree in a related field (Engineering). Certifications or trainings on Planning and Supply Chain preferred.

Skills & Experience

• 3 or more years of progressive management experience in industry field.
• Thorough Knowledge in data collection and analysis methods.
• Thorough understanding of cables production.
• Studies in Planning and Supply Chain are an asset
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong listening and communication skills.