Materials Planning Senior Director

Flextronics - The Flex Company; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Allowances

Bonuses

Job summary

Flextronics - The Flex Company is seeking a Materials Planning Senior Director in Prai, Penang to lead a global material-planning function. You will direct a team, deploy modeling, and partner with senior management to balance supply and demand while driving cost efficiencies.

This role requires strong strategic insight and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree with extensive materials-management experience and a track record of mentoring high-performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum 12 years in materials management.
• Ability to work with Global Procurement and Manufacturing sites to reduce cost and optimize localization.
• Strong analytical, writing, and presentation skills for senior management.

Responsibilities

• Direct and develop the team to deploy material planning models for optimal inventory.
• Collaborate with executives to gather strategic information affecting forecast.
• Review forecasts and adjust for historical and environmental events.
• Lead cross-functional meetings to review supply and demand plans.
• Coach, mentor, and evaluate staff for performance and development.
• Interact with major clients and influence negotiations when needed.

Skills

Team leadership

Forecasting

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

## Materials Planning Senior DirectorApply: Malaysia, Penang: Full time: Posted Today: WD230257Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.## Job Summary**Summary:** Responsible for directing the implementation of material planning strategy in order to balance supply and demand. To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a ***Materials Planning Senior Director located*** in ***Prai, Penang***. **What a typical day looks like:*** Develop and manage the team to deploy material planning models to ensure proper material planning and optimal inventory positions for customer programs. Utilizes models for defining material planning parameters for components.* Meet with Senior Management to obtain strategic information that could impact the forecast. Works with team to modify the forecast for historical and environmental events.* Review issues and make recommendations that deal with long-term constraints, customer service levels, inventory targets, the current forecast, and backlog.* Use the information gathered from Global Account/Management and trend evaluation, direct a Demand Plan.* Hold cross-functional meetings to review the Supply and Demand draft plans.* Manages, coaches and mentors a team. Works with the team on continuous development and performance management.* Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.* Regularly interact with executives and major clients which may result in influencing and/or persuading customer negotiations.* Implement appropriate HR strategies and actions to recruit and retain a qualified and motivated workforce. **The experience we’re looking to add to our team:*** Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum 12 years experience in materials management.* Ability to work with Global Procurement and Manufacturing sites to leverage supply chain, achieve cost reductions through negotiation of localization and vertical integration; to establish time lines.* Demonstrates mastery of functional knowledge in relation to other functions and a complete understanding of the function and those of related businesses.* Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents.* Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.* Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or styles.* Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.* Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference to practical situations.* Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.* Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables **What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:*** Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision* Life Insurance* Paid Time Off* Allowances & Bonuses\\* AA98