Material Planner

Coopers Group; Oberwallis; On-site; CHF 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Coopers Group in Visp, Switzerland, seeks a Materials Planner to convert planned orders into actionable material plans, create and manage material requirements, and ensure production readiness. You will maintain planning parameters across systems and coordinate with Procurement to secure material availability.

Key tasks include expediting supplier deliveries, tracking KPIs, supporting BOM management and New Product Introductions, and ensuring compliance with cGMP requirements while optimizing

Qualifications

• Proven experience in material planning and manufacturing supply chain.
• MRP expertise and hands-on planning.
• PO management, supplier expediting and shortage resolution.
• Knowledge of inventory methods: ABC, EOQ, reorder-point planning, safety stock.
• Experience with ERP and BOM management; familiarity with SAP/ERP systems.
• Monitoring supplier performance via scorecards and on-time-delivery metrics.
• Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUP, PivotTables, Power Query); familiarity with Power BI or SQL is advantageous.
• English proficiency; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Convert planned orders into material plans and manage material requirements parameters.
• Liaise with Supply Planners and Schedulers to keep plans up to date.
• Create and maintain material-planning parameters in planning systems.
• Convert material requirements into purchase orders; expedite material availability with Procurement.
• Support inventory management, safety stock and KPIs to ensure reliable material availability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop safety-stock and inventory plans aligned with production needs.
• Track material availability, testing and release for production; resolve shortages.
• Support BOM management, work-order execution and New Product Introductions.

Skills

Material planning

Production scheduling

Purchasing

Supply chain operations

MRP

PO management

Supplier expediting

Inventory management

Data analysis

Excel advanced

Power BI

SQL

Tools

SAP MM

SAP WM

SAP IBP

JD Edwards

Job description

Hard Facts

• Start Date: ASAP


• Duration: 5 Months


• Workload: 100%, 41 hours per week


• Location: Visp, Switzerland


• Work Model: External contract

Your Responsibilities

• Perform all routine activities required to convert planned orders into material plans, including the creation and management of planned material requirements


• Liaise with Supply Planners and Schedulers to ensure that all material plans remain up to date and responsive to changes in material requirements


• Create and maintain detailed material-planning parameters within the relevant planning systems


• Convert material requirements plans and purchase requisitions into purchase orders


• Expedite material availability in close collaboration with Procurement and the teams responsible for inbound-material processing


• Create and manage material-related KPIs and metrics to ensure a reliable understanding of material availability


• Execute key material-availability, mobilization and write-off activities to support optimal inventory management while reducing scrap and waste


• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop safety-stock and inventory plans aligned with production requirements


• Track, report and facilitate the timely availability of materials, including testing and release for production


• Identify and resolve material shortages to protect production schedules


• Support work-order execution, Bill of Materials management and New Product Introduction activities


• Monitor supplier performance, on-time delivery and contract compliance


• Support inventory-optimization and continuous-improvement initiatives in compliance with cGMP requirements

Your Experience and Skills

• Professional experience in material planning, production scheduling, purchasing or supply-chain operations


• Strong experience with Material Requirements Planning, commonly referred to as MRP


• Experience in purchase-order management, supplier expediting and shortage resolution


• Knowledge of inventory-management methods, including ABC analysis, Economic Order Quantity, reorder-point planning, safety stock and ageing-inventory analysis


• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning and inventory systems such as SAP MM, SAP WM, SAP IBP or JD Edwards


• Understanding of Bill of Materials management, work-order execution and New Product Introductions


• Experience collaborating with approved suppliers and monitoring supplier performance through scorecards and on-time-delivery metrics


• Knowledge of goods receipt, Goods Receipt Note and Advance Shipping Notice tracking


• Strong analytical skills and experience creating material-related KPIs and reports


• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUP, PivotTables and Power Query


• Experience with Power BI, Tableau or SQL is an advantage


• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodologies, DMAIC or Value Stream Mapping is an advantage


• Experience working in a cGMP-regulated environment


• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills


• Structured, proactive and solution-oriented working style


• Professional command of English; additional languages are an advantage