Sr. Manager Materials and Manufacturing Planning

VERTIV (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.; Johor; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv Malaysia is seeking a Sr. Manager Materials and Manufacturing Planning to provide leadership across materials management, forecasting, S&OP, and production planning.

You will oversee inventory programs, drive improvements, and collaborate with procurement, logistics, and regional teams to optimize supply chain performance. The role emphasizes strategic planning, capacity management, and talent development within a matrix organization, with a focus on reducing inventory turns and improving

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in Operations and Materials.
• BS degree in Engineering or Business Management.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills.
• English – fluent level – written and spoken.
• Proactive and high-energy style.
• Computer and software applications skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop a consistent capacity & material planning for factories to match demand in the long term. Participating in long-range planning and budget preparation.
• Facilitate Feedback to SI&OP (operations side) during executive meetings.
• Lead warehouse operations to ensure inventory accuracy, material availability, and efficient material flow in support of production and customer delivery requirements.
• Drive warehouse process improvement, WMS/ERP compliance, inventory control, safety, and operational excellence to achieve business objectives
• Work closely with business partners (market, manufacturing, finance, procurement), customers and suppliers to meet or exceed customer needs.
• Drive the escalation process in case of critical issues linked to availability or cash flow.
• Optimize standard system setup to structurally and continuously improve results.
• Ensure continuous improvement activities and identify possible synergies with factory organization.
• Support talent management process (selection, development and career path).
• Ensure appropriate development, training and coaching for the direct reports.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to the entire team.
• Ensure communication of vision and strategy for his area of responsibility above and below within the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

English fluency

Computer and software skills

Education

BS degree (Engineering or Business Management)

Tools

Computer software skills

Job description

Sr. Manager Materials and Manufacturing Planning

As a Sr. Manager Materials and Manufacturing Planning you will provide leadership, direction and ensures strategic deployment of materials management and inventory programs across Line of Businesses and Regions. Responsibilities include amongst others; forecast management and S&OP review, production planning, materials planning and purchasing. Inventory planning and reviews with Plants and the Regions. Developing and monitoring of Materials programs to improve delivery performance and increase Inventory Turns (ITO).

On the strategy side this function will work with Procurement and Logistics to set material plans (a plan for each item) driven by the market need of Finish Good and Commodity strategy.

The position will lead also the regional central Logistics Operations as complementary to the Plant and Markets operational logistics and Procurement, to manage central control tower for escalations, define SOP for logistics operators, set up and onboarding of TMS users (suppliers and internal users) and claim management.

This key position operates in a matrix organizational structure and works closely with Sales Operations and Demand Management, Regional Operations Leaders and Procurement and Logistics and the COEs.

Responsibilities and Measurement Criteria with Time investment Needed on Each: -

(This will describe the overall core responsibilities of the role, decision making responsibilities etc.)

• Develop a consistent capacity & material planning for factories to match demand in the long term. Participating in long-range planning and budget preparation.
• Facilitate Feedback to SI&OP (operations side) during executive meetings.

Lead warehouse operations to ensure inventory accuracy, material availability, and efficient material flow in support of production and customer delivery requirements. Drive warehouse process improvement, WMS/ERP compliance, inventory control, safety, and operational excellence to achieve business objectives

• Work closely with business partners (market, manufacturing, finance, procurement), customers and suppliers to meet or exceed customer needs.
• Drive the escalation process in case of critical issues linked to availability or cash flow.
• Optimize standard system setup to structurally and continuously improve results.
• Ensure continuous improvement activities and identify possible synergies with factory organization.
• Support talent management process (selection, development and career path).
• Ensure appropriate development, training and coaching for the direct reports.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to the entire team.
• Ensure communication of vision and strategy for his area of responsibility above and below within the organization.

Qualifications:

Required/ Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years of experience with increasing responsibilities within Operations and Materials.
• BS degree, Engineering or Business Management.

Additional / Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Computer and software applications skills required.
• Proactive and high-energy style.
• English –fluent level – written and spoken

Physical & Environmental Requirements: - (To be used majorly for manufacturing jobs.)

• None

Time Travel Needed:

• 10%

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Act with urgency
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Learn and seek out development

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

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