Procurement Planner / Senior Procurement Planner

Bosch Group; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave Entitlement

Insurance

Job summary

Bosch Group in Penang, Malaysia, seeks a Procurement Planner / Senior Procurement Planner to manage end-to-end procurement for assigned materials. You will coordinate with customer order planning teams, project stakeholders, and suppliers to ensure timely delivery and minimal production disruption.

The role requires strong MRP knowledge, inventory management, and analytical skills. You will support continuous improvement, participate in ERP data handling, and drive cost-efficient procurement

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in any discipline is required.
• 3–5 years of experience in procurement planning, material planning, or supply chain planning.
• Strong knowledge of MRP and inventory management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical, decision‑making, and data management skills.
• Independent, proactive, and result‑oriented with ownership mindset.
• Team player thriving in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Flexibility to support business needs and ad-hoc projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage procurement activities for assigned materials.
• Act as main interface with customer order planning team and project stakeholders.
• Support material simulation to meet customer order fluctuation and fulfillment.
• Study and act on MRP reports after MRP run.
• Provide daily input on material delivery issues in the critical material list.
• Attend regular task force calls and escalate as needed.
• Ensure material arrival with right quantity and timing to avoid production disruption.
• Coordinate with relevant parties to avoid line stoppage when material cannot arrive on time.
• Track and monitor supplier delivery performance.
• Manage suppliers with complex requirements and support supplier development.
• Support preparation of reports and presentation slides.
• Contribute to continuous process improvement and lean initiatives.
• Review planning parameters according to business trends.
• Support inventory management activities to achieve monthly coverage and inventory turns.
• Strategic planning to minimize special premium costs and support situations.
• Handle special freight and line-down claims due to supplier delays.
• Involve in engineering change notices for raw materials and ECN timing with project teams.
• Support ABC classification and inventory reports as needed.
• Assist Bosch Production System (BPS) activities like kanban/consignment implementation.
• Collaborate across LOG and other departments and contribute to KPI achievement.
• Perform other duties assigned by superiors and escalate procurement issues within the value stream.

Skills

MRP knowledge

Inventory management

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Data management

Ownership

Team player

Manufacturing environment

Ad-hoc projects

Education

Degree/Diploma in any discipline

Job description

Procurement Planner / Senior Procurement Planner

At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our promise to our associates is rock-solid: we grow together, we enjoy our work, and we inspire each other. Join in and feel the difference.

• Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the procurement activities of the assigned materials which include:
• Responsible as main interface with customer order planning team & project stakeholder with effective coordination.
• Support material simulation activities to meet customer order fluctuation & fulfillment.
• Study and take appropriate actions on the MRP reports after MRP run.
• Provide daily input/updates on material delivery related issues in critical material list.
• Attend regular task force calls on critical supply materials status. Activate escalation to next level according to escalation RASIC.
• Attend DLR (Daily Leadership Routine), a platform for information exchange with customer order planning.
• Ensure material arrival with right qty and timing to avoid production disruption.
• Coordinate activities with relevant parties to avoid line stoppage if material cannot arrive on time
• Track and monitor supplier delivery performance.
• Required to manage suppliers with higher levels of complexity & supplier development.
• Support the preparation of reports and presentation slides when necessary.
• Support continuous process improvement and lean initiatives
• Constantly review the planning parameters according to business trend.
• Responsible to support the activities on inventory management to achieve monthly coverage and inventory turns including quick disposition on rejected and obsolete materials, minimize overhanging materials, work on overhanging materials claims, disposition on transportation damage material etc.
• Strategic planning to minimize special premium cost (e.g. change of ship mode) to support situation requirement.
• Work on special freight claims and line-down claims due to delinquent supply from suppliers.
• Involve in engineering changes request. Determine implementation dates of ECN (Engineering Change Notice) for raw material. Assist the project team in ECN effective date setting for software related topic.
• Support the analysis of raw material ABC classification, inventory report etc. as and when needed.
• Support activities related to Bosch Production System (BPS), e.g. kanban/consi implementation, continuous improvement project etc.
• Work together and support each other within LOG as well as with another department.
• Support and work towards achieving the departmental goal & central deployment KPIs.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the immediate superior from time to time.
• Escalate procurement issues that affect a single Value Stream (Level 1).

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in any discipline.
• 3-5 years of experience in procurement planning, material planning, or supply chain planning.
• Strong knowledge of MRP and inventory management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and data management skills.
• Independent, proactive, and result-oriented with a strong sense of ownership.
• Team player who thrives in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Flexible to support business needs and ad-hoc projects.

Benefits & Perks

• Leave Entitlement e.g: Annual Leave, Medical Leave and etc
• Company Insurances and etc