Sr, Engineer Material Planning | alfanar Electric

alfanar Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Riyadh seeks a professional to manage material planning and inventory control. Responsibilities include optimizing stock levels, coordinating with logistics, and ensuring timely material availability. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and have 4 to 6 years of relevant experience. This role requires strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to quality and compliance.

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of relevant work experience required.
• Ability to obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job.

Responsibilities

• Determine optimal procurement quantities and timing according to production schedules.
• Minimize inventory levels and eliminate delivery delays.
• Generate timely purchase requests based on material requirements.
• Ensure material deliveries meet timeline, budget, and quality expectations.
• Track performance against material planning objectives.

Skills

Materials Flow Analysis

Materials Management

Education

Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Overview

To ensure effective material planning and inventory control by aligning procurement activities with production needs, optimizing stock levels, and coordinating with procurement and logistics teams to support timely and cost-effective material availability while driving continuous improvement in planning processes.

Key Accountability Areas

Inventory Management

• Determine optimal procurement quantities and timing in alignment with production schedules and warehouse capacity constraints
• Minimize inventory levels and eliminate delivery delays to improve inventory turnover and operational efficiency

Safety Stock and Material Segmentation

• Maintain and regularly update safety stock levels for all active materials
• Implement and manage material segmentation strategies (e.g., ABC, XYZ classifications) along with relevant planning parameters

Procurement and Logistics Coordination

• Generate timely purchase requests based on material requirements
• Coordinate with procurement and logistics teams to ensure on-time delivery and proactively escalate potential stockout risks

Delivery and Quality Assurance

• Ensure material deliveries meet timeline, budget, and quality expectations
• Review material availability in relation to production plans and incoming customer orders

Stock Optimization and Lifecycle Management

• Lead initiatives to reduce excess and obsolete inventory through structured action plans
• Oversee material lifecycle activities including phase-in and phase-out transitions

Performance Monitoring and Continuous Improvement

• Track performance against material planning objectives and address deviations as needed
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, tools, and procedures

Role Accountability

HR Proficiency:

• Ability to obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job
• To have a vision and a plan for the career path and how to achieve it.

Delivery:

• Perform the planned activities to meet the operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.
• Provide a periodic report formatted by detailing the deviation and execution of planned tasks.

Problem-Solving:

• Solve any related problems arise and escalate any complex operational issues.

Quality:

• Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes including specifications for products or processes or related activities.

Business Process Improvements:

• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.

Compliance:

• Comply to related policy and procedures and work instructions.

Health, Safety, and Environment:

• Ensure compliance of relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within defined area of work activity to guarantee safety, legislative compliance, and delivery of high-quality products/services.

Qualifications

Academic Qualification

• Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Work Experience

• 4 to 6 Years

Technical / Functional Competencies

• Materials Flow Analysis
• Materials Management