MRP Analyst

VR Group; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free travel on Finnish railways

Flexible working hours

Remote work possibilities

Education and learning opportunities

Extensive occupational health care

Job summary

VR Group – VR FleetCare is seeking an MRP Analyst for the Purchasing team in Helsinki, Tampere, or Pieksämäki. Join us to optimize material planning and ensure timely deliveries in a fast-paced rail logistics environment.

You will leverage SQL and Power BI to analyse data, balance inventory and capital, and produce actionable insights. Fluent Finnish and English are essential, and collaboration with stakeholders across procurement and production is key.

Qualifications

• University degree in production economics, logistics, SCM or IT.
• Experience in material control, supply chain planning or MRP.
• Understanding of BOM, inventory management and material control parameters.
• Extensive experience in data analysis and reporting and analytics tools.
• Proficiency in SQL and Power BI's DAX language.
• Ability to analyze large datasets and identify development targets.
• Good cooperation and interaction skills with stakeholders.
• Proactive and independent working style.
• Calm, systematic, and analytical problem solving.
• Fluent Finnish and English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Own material requirements planning (MRP) and optimize working capital in the supply chain.
• Map failure models and identify related needs; produce reports and analyses.
• Develop analytics-driven material availability and delivery capability balance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across purchasing, logistics, and production.

Skills

Data analysis

Reporting

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical thinking

Fluent Finnish and English

Python (value)

Education

University degree in production economics, logistics, SCM or IT

Tools

SQL

Power BI (DAX)

Job description

Join us in influencing the travel of hundreds of thousands of people and the movement of tons of goods. We enable the world's most sustainable rail traffic, as we at VR FleetCare are responsible for ensuring that the train fleet is in traffic-ready condition. We invest in the future, and our operations are guided by continuous development and the latest technology.

We are looking for an MRP Analyst for the Purchasing team in Helsinki, Tampere, or Pieksämäki.

The Purchasing team operates as part of the Supply Chain unit and is responsible for ensuring the availability and timeliness of materials, components, and services, maintaining item inventory levels, and taking care of the entire order-delivery process together with stakeholders.

The MRP Analyst is responsible for developing material requirements planning and supply chain steering by utilizing analytics so that material availability, inventory efficiency, and delivery capability are in an optimal balance.

Your most significant areas of responsibility will be:

ownership of material requirements planning, optimization of working capital in the supply chain, mapping of failure models and related needs, and producing reports and data analyses supporting the supply chain.

You have:

• a suitable technical or commercial university degree (e.g., production economics, logistics, supply chain management, or information technology)
• experience in material control, supply chain planning, or material requirements planning (MRP)
• understanding of product structures (BOM), inventory management, and material control parameters
• extensive experience in data analysis and reporting and analytics tools
• proficiency in SQL and Power BI's DAX language and the ability to utilize data in business development
• ability to analyze large masses of data and identify development targets based on them
• good cooperation and interaction skills for working with different stakeholders
• a proactive and independent working style and the ability to put development ideas into practice
• a calm, systematic, and analytical approach to problem solving
• fluent Finnish and English language skills

We also value:

• experience with ERP and MRP systems
• experience in optimizing inventory levels, control values, or working capital
• programming skills, for example in Python
• experience from a production environment or working with a technical supply chain

10 reasons to choose us:

• Your work daily affects the everyday life and travel of hundreds of thousands of people and the movement of thousands of tons of freight
• Our operations reduce society's carbon footprint
• 1,000 pleasant colleagues and professionals
• Various education and learning opportunities and different career paths
• Competitive monthly salary and encouraging reward models
• Working hour flexibility for different life situations and remote work possibilities
• Free travel on Finnish railways during both work and leisure time and versatile travel and recreation opportunities at staff prices domestically and abroad
• Support for your sports and cultural hobbies and daily lunch
• Extensive occupational health care services
• Modern work tools and workspaces

At the center of what we do are customers, growth, and personnel well-being. We continuously develop our management and culture, as we believe a good employee experience also produces the best customer experience.

Need more information? Further information about the position is provided by Head of Purchasing Mikko Soriola by phone [phone] or email [e-mail]

At VR FleetCare, we offer our customers efficient maintenance, upkeep, and modernization of rolling stock and track infrastructure in the Nordic countries and the Baltic region. We are a rail traffic expert company with 160 years of experience in the field in northern conditions. Safe freight and passenger traffic is the starting point for all operations. The key to success is our personnel, over 1,000 top experts in rolling stock. VR FleetCare creates added value for customers by combining the best rolling stock expertise in the field, digitalization, a partner network, and continuous development together with the customer. VR FleetCare is a subsidiary of the Finnish railway operator VR Group.

Technical or commercial university degree (e.g., production economics, logistics, supply chain management, or IT), Experience in material control, supply chain planning, or material requirements planning (MRP), Understanding of product structures (BOM), inventory management, and material control parameters, Extensive experience in data analysis and reporting and analytics tools, Proficiency in SQL and Power BI's DAX language, Ability to analyze large datasets and identify development targets, Good cooperation and interaction skills, Proactive and independent working style, Calm, systematic, and analytical approach to problem solving, Fluent Finnish and English language skills