Material & Production Planner

Talurit Group; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 520,000 - 760,000; Full time

Job summary

Talurit Group, founded in 1948, seeks a Material & Production Planner to align materials, capacity, and inventory with demand. You will coordinate with Production, Warehouse, Purchasing, Engineering, and Customer Service to translate demand into actionable production plans.

You will manage material requirements, purchase orders, and supplier delivery performance while optimizing inventory and ERP data. Fluency in Swedish and English is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, material planning, or supply chain planning within manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of production processes, material flow, and inventory management.
• Experience with BOM structures, routings, and planning parameters is an advantage.
• Experience with ERP systems and MRP-driven environments.
• Strong analytical skills with data-driven decision making.
• Advanced Excel skills and a high level of digital competence.
• Experience with inventory optimization, lead time management, and supplier coordination is an advantage.
• Understanding of inventory control principles, safety stock, reorder points, and working capital optimization.
• Experience with iScala is an advantage.
• Fluent in Swedish and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain realistic production schedules based on demand, capacity, material availability, and priorities.
• Plan and manage material requirements to support production and customer deliveries.
• Place and follow up purchase orders in accordance with sourcing strategies and supplier agreements.
• Monitor supplier confirmations, delivery dates, shortages, and supply risks.
• Coordinate priorities between production, warehouse, engineering, purchasing, and customer service.
• Maintain planning parameters, lead times, routing data, operations, and ERP master data.
• Analyze inventory levels, material availability, safety stocks, and working capital.
• Identify bottlenecks, planning challenges, and opportunities for process improvements.
• Support ERP development, planning data quality, reporting, KPIs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive actions that improve flow efficiency, delivery performance, and supply chain stability.
• Support inventory optimization initiatives by balancing service levels, lead times, stock value, and working capital.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel skills

Digital competence

Communication skills

Swedish & English proficiency

Tools

ERP systems

iScala

Job description

Talurit Group, founded in 1948 in Sweden, is a global leader in mechanical splicing of wire ropes, built on patented solutions that have shaped European standards. The company continually develops methods and equipment that prioritize efficiency, safety, reliability, and quality, creating clear value for customers. Talurit Group sells and distributes products worldwide, with strategically located stock and subsidiaries in Germany, USA, United Kingdom, China, and Singapore to reduce lead times. Its portfolio includes well-established trademarks such as Talurit®, UltraGrip™, Konit™, Hexloc™, and TaluGrip™, with new applications and solutions emerging every year. With growing demand for advanced engineering and quality, Talurit Group is committed to making mechanical splicing safer and more effective across industries.

Role Description

As Material & Production Planner, you will play a central role in ensuring that materials, capacity, inventory, and production resources are aligned to meet customer demand and operational objectives.

The role combines production planning, material planning, operational purchasing, supplier coordination, delivery follow-up, inventory optimization, and ERP data management. You will be responsible for translating customer demand into realistic production plans while ensuring material availability, data accuracy, and high delivery performance.

You will work closely with Production, Warehouse, Purchasing, Engineering, Customer Service, Quality, and suppliers, acting as a key link between planning and execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain realistic production schedules based on demand, capacity, material availability, and priorities.
• Plan and manage material requirements to support production and customer deliveries.
• Place and follow up purchase orders in accordance with sourcing strategies and established supplier agreements.
• Monitor supplier confirmations, delivery dates, shortages, and supply risks.
• Coordinate priorities between production, warehouse, engineering, purchasing, and customer service.
• Maintain planning parameters, lead times, routing data, operations, and operational master data in ERP.
• Analyze inventory levels, material availability, safety stocks, and working capital.
• Identify bottlenecks, planning challenges, and opportunities for process improvements.
• Support ERP development, planning data quality, reporting, KPIs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive actions that improve flow efficiency, delivery performance, and supply chain stability.
• Support inventory optimization initiatives by balancing service levels, lead times, stock value, and working capital.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, material planning, supply chain planning, procurement, or operational purchasing within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of production processes, material flow, inventory management, and supply chain planning.
• Experience working with BOM structures, routings, production master data, and planning parameters is an advantage.
• Experience working with ERP systems and MRP-driven environments.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to make decisions based on data and business priorities.
• Advanced Excel skills and a high level of digital competence.
• Experience of inventory optimization, lead time management, and supplier coordination is an advantage.
• Understanding of inventory control principles, safety stock management, reorder points, and working capital optimization.
• Experience with iScala is an advantage.
• Fluent in Swedish and English, written and spoken.

Personal Qualities

• Structured and analytical.
• Proactive and solution-oriented.
• Strong communicator with excellent collaboration skills.
• Comfortable working across multiple functions and priorities.
• Driven by continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Able to balance short-term operational needs with long-term process stability.

What We Offer

• A key role with significant impact on production performance, material availability, and delivery precision.
• Opportunity to influence planning processes, ERP development, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• A collaborative environment with short decision-making paths and close cooperation across Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, and Customer Service.
• An international industrial group with a strong market position and long-term growth ambitions.