Material Planner

Alstom; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global industry leader located in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Supply Chain Manager to oversee supplier performance and ensure timely delivery of goods. This role involves collaboration with the Procurement team to maintain accurate material planning and ERP systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in materials planning, risk management, and supply chain systems with a focus on performance improvement. A proactive approach to problem-solving and effective communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing supplier delivery performance.
• Knowledge of material planning and inventory management.
• Ability to analyze data and manage risks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage the supplier portfolio to ensure timely goods delivery.
• Collaborate with procurement to update ERP systems.
• Monitor supplier performance KPIs and lead performance improvements.

Skills

Materials requirements planning

Supplier Delivery Performance Management

Inventory management

Material Planning techniques

Industrial scheduling

Transport & Distribution

Supply Chain information systems

Data analytics

Procurement

Project Management Basics

Entrepreneurship

Agility

Collaboration

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

purpose of job

Manage his Supplier's portfolio (Internal and / or External suppliers) for ensuring goods delivery at right time, quantity and place

based on Alstom needs.

§ Express delivery needs to suppliers and contribute to governance of the Supplier's delivery performances.

§ Drive action plan for performance improvement & contribute to risk management.

§ Collaborate with the Procurement team to ensure the contractual agreements are reflected in the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system.

Qualifications

Materials requirements planning

§ Supplier Delivery Performance Management

§ Inventory management & Material Planning techniques

§ Industrial scheduling

§ Transport & Distribution

§ Supply Chain information systems

§ Data analytics

§ Procurement

§ Project Management Basics

§ Entrepreneurship

§ Agility

§ Collaboration

Internal suppliers : Manage Purchase Requisition until Material Planning documents creation

§ External suppliers : Follow up with Procurement the Purchase Requisition level maturity for launching Material Planning documents

§ Ensure and update the accuracy of material planning master data (in compliance with stock and logistic constraints)

§ Create the Material Planning documents (Call-off, Schedule Agreement) & respective Source List and Quota Management

§ Communicate the Material Planning documents to Suppliers and follow Suppliers confirmation

§ Analyze Suppliers confirmations vs. Alstom needs and evaluate the risk / impact anticipation on production / projects

§ Identify priorities associated with risk / impact anticipation and set up recovery actions

§ Organize and maintain regular reviews with Suppliers in order to check the status of deliveries and their delivery performances § Analyze and manage MRP exception messages and anticipate supply problems (backlogs, shortages, no demand…). § Maintain delivery dates in ERP § Track missing parts until stock availability § Ensure non-conformities replacement through NCR process § Resolve Goods Receipts issues with the applied means of communication (overstock, shortage, damage, documentation, quantity mismatch, Invoices, etc.) § Analyze and share deliveries performances KPI's with different stakeholders (Internal & External) § Collaborate with Material Planning Management / SDPM to validate worst Suppliers and define appropriate action plan § Contribute (when involved) to Supplier Capacity Assessment § Contribute (when involved) to Supplier's Light Capability Assessment (LSCA) § Contribute to new business risk assessments and mitigation action plan

• Applicable in line with GSI deployment roadmap

Missions

§ Express delivery needs to Suppliers using the dedicated tools

§ Follow up deliveries and ensure the availability of goods for Alstom projects

§ Monitor Supplier's performances KPI's

§ Participate / lead Supplier's performances improvement

§ Contribute with SC inputs for supplier selection

§ Contribute to the project SC objectives and targets by ensuring material planning and ERP settings are in line with these

objectives.

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