Materials Planner

Arrow Electronics; Penang; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Year-end bonus

Performance Bonus

5-Day Work Week

Growth Opportunities

Job summary

Arrow Electronics in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Materials Planner to manage inventory planning and ensure uninterrupted supply for lower-dollar, lower-complexity demand. You will review backlog, prepare forecasts via the e-compass system, and manage exceptions while maintaining robust inventory availability.

The role requires a bachelor's degree with 2–4 years related experience, and Mandarin language skills are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2–4 years related experience.
• Preferable Mandarin Speaking.

Responsibilities

• Plan and pipeline inventory for low to medium complex customer demand.
• Review backlog and shortage reports to assure uninterrupted supply of inventory.
• Prepare Arrow generated forecasts for e-compass. Upload and manage exceptions from e-compass processing.
• Maintain manual bonds to assure uninterrupted availability of inventory.

Skills

Inventory planning

Forecasting

Backlog analysis

Data analysis

Mandarin speaking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Backlog matching

e-compass

Job description

Position:

Materials Planner

Job Description:

What You’ll Be Doing

• Plan and pipeline inventory for low to medium complex customer demand—lower dollar value and/or lower part count.
• Review backlog and shortage reports to assure uninterrupted supply of inventory. Tools would include backlog matching, shortage reports and the Arrow flex reports with minimum customer interaction.
• Prepare Arrow generated forecasts for e-compass. Upload and manage the exceptions generated from the e-compass processing.
• Maintain manual bonds to assure interrupted availability of inventory.
• Has developed specialized skills or is multi-skilled through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience
• Completes work with a limited degree of supervision
• Likely to act as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience
• Identifies key issues and patterns from partial/conflicting data
• Takes a broad perspective to problems and spots new, less obvious solutions

What We Are Looking For

Typically requires bachelor’s degree with 2-4 years of related experience.

Preferable Mandarin Speaking.

What’s In It For You

At Arrow, we recognize that financial rewards and great benefits are important aspects of an ideal job. That’s why we offer competitive financial compensation, including various compensation plans, and a solid benefits package.

• Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Year-end bonus
• Performance Bonus
• 5-Day Work Week
• Growth Opportunities
• And more!

About Arrow

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), an award-winning Fortune 154 and one of Fortune Magazine’s Most Admired Companies. Arrow guides innovation forward for over 220,000 leading technology manufacturers and service providers. With 2024 sales of USD $27.9 billion, Arrow develops technology solutions that improve business and daily life. Our broad portfolio that spans the entire technology landscape helps customers create, make and manage forward-thinking products that make the benefits of technology accessible to as many people as possible. Learn more at www.arrow.com.

Our strategic direction of guiding innovation forward is expressed as Five Years Out, a way of thinking about the tangible future to bridge the gap between what’s possible and the practical technologies to make it happen. Learn more at https://www.fiveyearsout.com/.

For more job opportunities, please visit https://careers.arrow.com/us/en

Location:

MY-Penang, Malaysia (Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah)

Time Type:

Full time

Job Category:

Product & Supplier Management