Planning Engineer

HARTING Technology Group; Chennai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff insurance coverage

Job summary

HARTING Technology Group in Chennai, India seeks a procurement/logistics coordinator to manage customer orders, SAP entries, POs, and production schedules. You will coordinate with suppliers, customs, and shop floor to ensure on-time delivery and accurate invoicing.

A background in SAP-based order processing and materials management is preferred. The role emphasizes meticulous data handling, order accuracy, and close collaboration with SCM and production teams to meet customer requirements and

Responsibilities

• Customer Order Handling: including part creation, BOM, routing, WF
• Create material codes for FG and sub parts; BOM creation; ensure order elements (part number, quantity, price, delivery & payment terms) match quotations/SAP workflows
• Input sales orders into SAP (VA01)
• Monitor sales order changes and reschedule backlog; notify customers
• Handle global A/E articles cancellations with documented reasons
• Handle global C/K/Z/G articles cancellations per agreements or excess material costs
• PO Handling: MD06/MD04 checks; convert PlOrd to PurRqs to PchOrd; verify price and terms
• Send PO to suppliers after SCM approval and track acknowledgment within 2 days
• Coordinate with customs clearance/shipping and supplier for efficient transport
• Monitor backlog of POs and production orders; coordinate recovery plans; inform relevant departments
• Create/adjust production orders (PrdOrd/PlOrd); notify shop floor; follow up on delays
• Inventory maintenance, safety stock and minimum lot monitoring; adjust stock based on consumption/forecast
• Release workflows per project leader; ensure TP/MOQ/LT alignment; maintain YYC links
• Delivery & Invoices processing

Job description

Job Description:

HARTING stands for strong connections – across the globe. As one of the leading international suppliers of industrial connectivity, we are connecting customers to their digital future. And as an employer? We connect around 6,000 people at our headquarter in Espelkamp and at locations worldwide. Here you’ll find great colleagues, as well as ever new opportunities and innovations revolving around IoT and artificial intelligence. In everything we do, we remain true to our roots: as a regionally connected family business that always stays firmly grounded in spite of our stellar high-tech. Here’s to your unique future with us: Yours!

Review MD06 on daily basis for in house production material.

• Customer Order Handing( Inlucluding Part creation ,BOM, routing, WF)
• To create material code creation , for FG and Sub parts, BOM creation, production flow, Routingm, Wofk Flow until prodiction. Cheeck and make sure that order elements such as part number, quantity, price, delivery terms, payment terms etc. are in line with quotation from GPM or workflow in SAP.
• Create customer master data, condition, customer’s material number in SAP system (transaction code: XD01, VK11, VD51).
• Input sale order in SAP (transaction code: VA01)
• Monitor from time to time sales order changes, e.g. delivery schedule/order qty. and price change, record reason of changes in item overview of SO. Any change of order has to be sent to customer for acknowledgement.
• Monitor backlog sales order on daily basis, reschedule sale order by BOP.
• For global “A” & “E” articles, directly handle customer cancellation request, record reason of cancellation in item overview of SO, select “Reason For Rejection” instead of direct deletion item in SO.
• For global “C”, “K”, “Z”, “G” articles, cancellation is not allowed unless excess materials cost is absorbed by customer or there are other written agreements.
• Purchase Order Handling
• After MRP run call up MRP list (MD06) and Stock/Requirements list (MD04). If it is global material just check if all purchase orders are placed to GRAG vendors. If it is local material from local supplier, convert PlOrd into PurRqs into PchOrd manually. Check carefully the purchase price, delivery/payment term, then print out PO for approval.
• After got approval from SCM manager, send the PO to supplier and follow up PO acknowledgement, PO should confirm within 2 working days through e-mail, fax or telephone
• Input PO confirmed date into SAP fr local materials.
• Keep close connection with supplier in order to follow up each PO. If it is necessary, ask supplier to pull in/push out the delivery date to meet our customers’ requirement.
• Co-ordinate with Customs Clearance/shipping and supplier or organize an efficient and economic transportation way.
• Monitor/fix backlog purchase order on daily basis and push supplier if there is any delay. Identify supplier shortage and communicate with related parties in order to control and work out a recovery delivery plan.
• Check shipment discrepancy report and follow up credit note, debit note or replacement from supplier.
• Work with supplier and SQE for arranging replacement or credit note for non-conforming material.
• Co-operate with Purchasing to evaluate service for suppliers in regular basis.
• Communicate regularly forecast information to suppliers in order to improve suppliers’ delivery performance.
• Production Orders

Create PrdOrd or fix PlOrd in MD04 after check components status to confirm customer orders within threedays.

Create PrdOrd and issue to Shop Floor. If finished goods material status is “03” or “05”, send e‑mail to related depts. to follow up.

Monitor backlog Production order on daily basis, co‑ordinate with related Dept. to make sure production order can be finished on time. If there is any delay, inform production supervisors and find out root cause in order to control and work out a recovery delivery plan.

Confirm production orders once production finished/deliveries made.

• Inventory Maintenance & Safety Stock and minimum lot monitoring and adjustment

inventory monitoring

Monitor safety stock and minimum lot size on monthly basis, adjust safety stock and minimum lot size based on updated information (consumption, forecast), keep safety stock adjustment record for further reference.

Monitor stock level and find out stock days on hand destroyer, work with related Depts. or supplier to define proper lot size or MOQ, control the inventory to a reasonable level. # Maintenance of Inventory, Inbound, outbound monitoring, Material Put away , Raw materials, WIP, FG maintenance and Reporting

• Workflow releasing

Release WF based on information from GPM or project leader, WF to operation plant should follow company defined rules. Inform LS timely when WF is done in system. To ensure that TP, MOQ & LT released are correct, cross check based on responsibility matrix is essential requirement. Maintain link between *YYC and non-YYC part if part number ended in *YYC.

• Delivery & Invoices

Benefits:

• Staff insurance coverage (APAC)