Associate Materials Management Planning

Gea Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Gea Group in Bengaluru seeks an experienced Material Planner to align scheduling, procurement and inventory control with manufacturing needs. The role emphasizes BOM accuracy, SAP MM utilization and data integrity while driving lean improvements and cost optimisation.

You will collaborate cross-functionally to maintain timely material availability and report performance metrics, contributing to efficient production and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in material planning.
• Lean concepts knowledge would be an added advantage.
• Solid understanding of Procurement, Planning and Inventory management.
• Analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure material scheduling strategy and processes are in place to meet production with minimum stock and optimal costs.
• Own material planning issues including over/under delivery and follow-up actions.
• Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions.
• Seek and recommend solutions to meet production requirements.
• Implement flexible solutions to drive process improvements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure consistent materials planning processes across the business.
• Ensure MRP system data is accurate and up to date and resolve issues as required.
• Investigate and implement system enhancement initiatives.
• Maintain BOM integrity and inventory accuracy at all times.
• Manage inventory levels and movements.
• Provide operational information, reports and metrics to stakeholders when needed.
• Report on target achievement and corrective actions.

Skills

SAP MM

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Procurement planning

Education

BE in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job Description:

Responsibilities / Tasks

• Ensure that material scheduling strategy and processes are in place and work effectively in order to ensure material supply meets production requirements with minimum stock levels, whilst optimising costs
• Take ownership of material planning issues that arise, including over or under delivery and take any follow up actions especially in the event of material shortages that affect production
• Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions
• Seek and recommend solutions to overcome issues arising in order to meet production requirements.
• Implement flexible solutions to aid business efficiency, drive process improvements and add value
• Support continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure that professional and consistent materials planning processes are applied across the business
• Ensure that any Material Requirements Planning system (MRP) in place is effective and that data is accurate and up to date and resolve any issues as required
• Investigate and implement system enhancement initiatives
• Ensure the integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) and inventory accuracy at all times and manage and control inventory levels and movements
• Ensure that the operational information, reports and metrics are available to share with others in the business as and when required
• Report on achievement of targets and identify any corrective action

Your Profile / Qualifications

Qualification

• BE in Mechanical Engineering and must worked with Mfg. of engineering components / OEMs.

Job Requirements

• Min. 5-8 years of experience in handling Material planning
• Trained on basic lean concepts would be added advantage.
• Solid understanding of Procurement, Planning and inventory management software SAP (SAP MM Module).
• Outstanding analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.