Material Planning Manager (& Production Planning)

Armstrong Industrial Corporation; Selangor; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Armstrong Industrial Corporation in Malaysia seeks a visionary leader to head the planning team, overseeing raw material planning and production schedules. You will optimize resources, align cross-functional teams, and drive improvements to meet CCC inventory KPIs.

The role prioritizes Mandarin-speaking stakeholders and requires strong analytical skills, manufacturing exposure, and a proven ability to manage planning teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in automotive & consumer project industries.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Mandarin-speaking stakeholders communications preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems and production planning tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead production and raw material planning efforts and overall planning for orders.
• Drive development and implementation of strategic planning to hit objectives.
• Collaborate with Production, QA, Engineering, Warehouse and Logistics to optimize material flow.
• Monitor daily production activities and inventory to avoid shortages.
• Prepare KPI reports and monitor machine utilization and CCC.

Skills

Material Planning

Production Planning

Mandarin language

Team leadership

Manufacturing exposure

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP systems

Production planning software

Job description

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MUST HAVE

• Material Planning and Production Planning experience.
• Mandarin Speaker is required to communicate with Mandarin Speaking business stakeholders.
• Manufacturing exposure.
• Experience handling planning team.

Position Summary

This is leadership role who is leading the planning team. This involved overseeing and coordinating raw material planning & production schedules, ensuring efficient utilization of resources and optimizing material planning time & production process to meet organization goals. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to collaborate with various departments to ensure seamless production operation and material supply with the achievement of inventory KPI - Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC)
Priority to Mandarin Speaking candidates.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for production & raw material planning, analysis and performing overall planning for orders received.
• Responsible for leading development and implementation of strategic planning to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
• Collaboration with various departments including Production, QA, Engineering, Warehouse and Logistics to align planning efforts to ensure seamless execution to optimize material flow and minimize lead time.
• Oversee production activities on daily basis to ensure timely completion of the goods. Able to fully organize meetings with the production team with material analysis with the operation team.
• Responsible for daily stock inventory monitoring to ensure no shortage supply to customers.
• Able to avoid aging material with proper planning
• Able to negotiate for better MOQ with lean production planning
• Responsible for updating stock status and send to sales in daily basis.
• Responsible for performing any job related to the ERP system.
• To perform production output monitoring and prepare relevant reports such as KPI, machine utilization.
• Involved for inventory stock count on a yearly basis.
• Performance of other ad hoc job as assigned by the superior.

Requirements

Experience in the automotive & consumer project industry, with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience

Possess at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Preferred Mandarin Speaker

to serve Mandarin-speaking stakeholders.

Technical

• Advanced knowledge of manufacturing process with planning efficiency
• Understand lean manufacturing principle.
• Experience in capacity planning.
• Familiar with supply chain management.

Non-Technical

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in production planning software and tools; experience with ERP systems is an asset.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• High level of integrity and commitment to maintaining confidentiality

Leadership

• Strong leadership and people management skills, with a demonstrated ability to lead and develop a production planning team.