Planner & Production and Material Planning

Bosch Power Tools; Penang; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading power tool manufacturer in Penang is seeking a Material Planning (Buyer) to manage raw material replenishment, production scheduling, and supplier coordination. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years of experience in material or production planning. Responsibilities include optimizing inventory, managing supplier performance, and ensuring production targets are met. This position offers an engaging work environment and opportunities for cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in material planning, production planning or procurement.
• Experience in order management or demand planning is an added advantage.
• Strong analytical and multi-tasking skills, able to work in fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for raw material replenishment and supply visibility.
• Manage special procurement activities for critical materials.
• Drive production to achieve target output and manage inventory.

Skills

Analytical skills

Multi-tasking

Communication (written and verbal)

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business studies, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

Material Planning (Buyer)

• Responsible for raw material replenishment. Maintain supply visibility of minimum 3 months.
• Secure delivery confirmation from suppliers for all PO.
• Expedite material deliveries to support production & customer orders.
• Bottleneck & allocation management for materials in critical shortage.
• Ensure integrity of master data & parameters in SAP & add*ONE system to enable automatic MRP planning. Drive Purchasing to maintain Purchasing/Vendor master data that is relevant to MRP run.
• Manage material auto replenishment within warehouses via mini macro & min-max setting.
• Track & monitor supplier delivery performance (SSL3) & define improvement measures.
• Track, monitor & manage material phase-in/out resulting from Engineering changes, product/material EOL, etc. Adjust material planning according to product & material life cycle.
• Manage special procurement activities, eg. Last Time Buy (LTB), purchase below MOQ, risk purchase in the event of vendor change, supplier relocation, mold down for modification.
• Regularly review supplier capacity to identify restriction. Escalate to Purchasing & discuss measures to solve capacity constraints.
• Manage & track safety stock to support business fluctuations.
• Raw materials inventory management & control according to TCT target. Reschedule SA/PO to suppliers based on forecast changes & inventory target.
• Manage excess & obsolete (E&O) stock. Analyze stock coverage, define & take actions for stock optimization.
• Coordinate RTV process for supplier logistics quality issues (wrong part / wrong quantity).
• Liaise with PUQ & PQE on RTV & replacement due to technical issues.

Production Planning

• Rough Production Planning (RPP) for mid to long term up to 24 months.
• Level production loading according to BPS maturity requirement.
• Convert, release & schedule production orders according to levelling pattern.
• Ensure data integrity of production/planned order & RPP to drive correct MRP run.
• Regular alignment of production capacity with manufacturing team.
• Monitor and follow up production output, sub assembly progress & customer order fulfillment.
• Drive production to achieve target output & produce the right mix of SKUs and sub assembly. Define measures to reduce production backlog.

LPV Responsibilities

• Logistics team member (LPV) for NPI - new launches & ALRs.
• Support samples & pilot runs.
• Attend & contribute actively in project meetings, work with cross functional team to achieve timely SOP.
• Attend & contribute actively in product launch meeting (PLT) & update production/delivery status.
• Drive project team to order materials according to lead time. Contribute in the execution of risk orders.
• Together with project buyer (BPV), drive material readiness to achieve ramp up plan.
• Analyze & communicate feasibility & restrictions to achieve ramp up plan.
• Maintain MM & release pronovia timely & accurately to enable automatic MRP planning.
• Coordinate new material packaging lot size for kanban card preparation before SOP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business studies, Business Administration, International Business, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or equivalent.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in the field of material planning, production planning or procurement (buyer).
• Experience in order management / demand planning is an added advantage.
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office.
• SAP knowledge is an added advantage.
• Strong analytical and multi-tasking skill, able to work in fast paced environment.
• Able to communicate both written & verbal to suppliers in oversea (China).