Global Supply Planner

Motorola Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Penang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Motorola Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd is seeking an experienced procurement professional to join Global Supply Assurance. The role focuses on supply resilience, lead-time reduction, and collaboration with Category Managers, suppliers, engineering, and executives.

You will drive gating items to resolution, analyze shortages, and support multiple time zones while delivering proactive supply-chain solutions that keep our operations running safely and efficiently.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business/management or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, or materials in a supply chain.
• Strong operational purchasing/ procurement background.

Responsibilities

• Runs and participates in Supply Resilience reviews with the Category Managers and Executive teams.
• Drives each gating item to resolution with Purchasing, Category Teams, Suppliers, Engineering, and Exec team.
• Looks at all possible options to resolve shortages including distribution, alternative suppliers, expedited freight.
• Understands current Lead-Times and works to reduce lead-times for key suppliers.
• Collaborates with Business Teams on short- and long-term forecast communications.

Skills

Supply Chain

Procurement

Purchasing

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/Management

Tools

Oracle MRP

Job description

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Global Supply Assurance

Job Description

• Runs and participates in Supply Resilience reviews with the Category Managers and Executive teams
• Understands those key products impacting each business, key Customers, and what is preventing our suppliers from building
• Drives each gating item to resolution with both the Purchasing teams, Category Teams, Suppliers, Engineering, and Exec team
• Looks at all possible options to resolve including: distribution, Alternative suppliers, Expedited freight, etc
• Understands current Lead-Times and what the long pole is for our key suppliers, drives to reduce these Lead-times
• Works with the Business Teams to understand both short and long-term forecast and the communication to the teams.
• Participates in driving potential alternate suppliers
• Understands key shortages both short and long term.
• Drives overall shortage Metrics
• Provides training to sites on escalation guidelines, monitoring to make sure the teams are following the guidelines
• Effectively communicates long-term supply concerns, drives solutions
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Requirements

• Candidate must have at least a Bachelor's Degree in Business/Management or equivalent from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 5 years of experience working in purchasing, procurement, materials position(s) in a Supply Chain organization.
• Strong operational Purchasing, Procurement background required
• Good written and verbal communication to our suppliers and internal
• Experience using Oracle MRP and electronic supplier collaboration tools
• Motivated and energetic to accomplish task and goals
• Strong negotiation, analytical, communication, relationship and organization skill
• Able to develop and collaborate solutions to Motorola internal customer
• Relationship builder, strong customer service focus and change Agent
• Ability to work with minimal supervision &strong execution Focus
• Flexible to support multiple time zone and working with people of various cultures.
• Flexibility to support across different time zone

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

For more than 80 years, Motorola has helped the world be its best.

From introducing one of the first commercially successful car radios that delivered vital news right to us no matter how far from home, to developing the equipment that transmitted the first words from the moon, to leading a public safety revolution with the world's first-ever handheld laser scanner, Motorola's employees have a history of exploding possibility across the planet, innovating smarter, more flexible and more insightful ideas.

Our employees enable industries worldwide to thrive, achieve and do their best work. They create indispensable, indestructible tools to help more people in more businesses in more places to be their best. They do it to better serve the government, health, public safety and other businesses for which we've created clear and confident communications solutions for more than 80 years. The work they do is meaningful, impactful and ongoing.

And we need driven, motivated visionaries like you to join them.

For more than 80 years, Motorola has helped the world be its best.

From introducing one of the first commercially successful car radios that delivered vital news right to us no matter how far from home, to developing the equipment that transmitted the first words from the moon, to leading a public safety revolution with the world's first-ever handheld laser scanner, Motorola's employees have a history of exploding possibility across the planet, innovating smarter, more flexible and more insightful ideas.

Our employees enable industries worldwide to thrive, achieve and do their best work. They create indispensable, indestructible tools to help more people in more businesses in more places to be their best. They do it to better serve the government, health, public safety and other businesses for which we've created clear and confident communications solutions for more than 80 years. The work they do is meaningful, impactful and ongoing.

And we need driven, motivated visionaries like you to join them.