Materials Planner II: Production Schedule Optimizer

Sanmina; Penang; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanmina in Penang is seeking a Material Planner to review customer demands and monitor raw material and component orders to support production schedules by expediting deliveries.

You will manage risks to minimize schedule impact, act on shortages, and maintain CTB accuracy. You will liaise with PM and engineers on ECN, aiming to minimize excess and obsolescence of materials, while driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree with relevant fields.
• At least 2 years of relevant working experience.
• Experience in material planning and production support is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing customer demands and monitoring raw material and component orders and stocks to ensure timely delivery supporting production schedules by expediting materials deliveries.
• Understand and manage risks to minimize impact on production schedule.
• Take follow up actions in relation to material shortages that affect production.
• Implement all processes to agreed standards and targets and support continuous improvement initiatives and identify areas of improvement.
• Minimize obsolete stock and ensure business is left with minimum liability.
• Create regular statistical reports and analysis and update Program Manager (PM) or customers.
• Coordinate with the Program management & production team to meet customer orders.
• Analyze the availability of materials & provide clear to build (CTB) to production planner in order to develop an aggressive but achievable production schedule.
• Run weekly system reports to determine (potential) materials shortages that need to be expedited.
• To ensure accuracy of CTB report by validating report.
• Follow-up with appropriate buyers to ensure materials are available to support production use per load plan.
• Expedite materials as required or otherwise work with buyers for any order cancellations as required per demand change.
• Liaise with PM and engineer on materials related issues, smooth phase in & phase out of products Engineering Change Notice (ECN) with minimize excess and obsolescence of materials (E&O).
• Provide EnO reason & request for scrap

Skills

Material planning

Procurement coordination

Expediting deliveries

Risk management

CTB management

Data analysis

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain / Procurement / Engineering

Job description

Sanmina in Penang is seeking a Material Planner to review customer demands and monitor raw material and component orders to support production schedules by expediting deliveries.

You will manage risks to minimize schedule impact, act on shortages, and maintain CTB accuracy. You will liaise with PM and engineers on ECN, aiming to minimize excess and obsolescence of materials, while driving continuous improvement.