Planning and Control Planner

Applied Materials South East Asia Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials South East Asia Pte Ltd seeks a planning-focused professional to optimize production control, inventory control, and MRP integrity. You will maintain SAP release schedules, perform shortfall analyses, and ensure on-time material availability for manufacturing and engineering teams.

The role also involves data analysis and forecasting using Python, SQL, and Tableau, collaborating with engineers on material management for special projects, and contributing to PCI/root-cca

Qualifications

• Specialize in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / MRP integrity.
• Maintains SAP work order release schedule to ensure material on-time for manufacturing and engineering; reschedules and completes no-charge jobs as required.
• Data analysis and forecasting – design and develop methods to consolidate and analyze structured and unstructured data; create visualizations using Tableau; utilize Python/SQL.
• Reviews MRP execution and ensures accuracy; reconciles supply and demand; validates master scheduling and ECO/ECRs.
• Participates in floor audits with Finance and resolves WIP issues; prepares status reports on ECOs and ECRs in process.

Responsibilities

• Review MRP execution and ensure accuracy of information; reconcile supply and demand.
• Prepare status reports of ECOs and ECRs in process.
• Attend production meetings and provide status on material shortage commit dates.
• Work with engineers to manage materials for engineering projects.
• Inventory control: analyze usage data and stock levels to meet service levels and forecast spare parts.
• Identify root causes from PCI reporting and drive corrective actions.

Skills

SAP experience

MRP knowledge

Data analysis

Tableau

Python

SQL

Tools

Tableau

Python

SQL

SAP ERP

Job description

Employees must specialize in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP) integrity.
Maintains SAP work order release schedule that provides material on-time to manufacturing and engineering. Reschedules and/or completes no-charge, all discrete jobs as required.
Increases component availability at time of release by performing pre-shortage analysis. Performs work order variance analysis.

Reviews MRP execution and ensures accuracy of information; reconciles supply and demand; validates master scheduling and/or PDS requirements. Reviews and ensures proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECO's). Prepares status reports of all ECOs and ECRs in process.
Participates in floor audits with Finance and resolves WIP issues. Attends production meetings and provides status on material shortage commit dates.
Works with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects. May work with work centers on shop floor control activities.
Inventory Control – Analyzes usage data and stock levels to order parts to satisfy service levels; maintains inventory levels per plan and expedites shortages; may forecast spare parts needs. Examines material variances, resolves problems where possible, and/or communicates more difficult problems to management. Assists in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems, when necessary; assigns appropriate expediting duties to expediters. May manage obsolete inventories.
Process Control – Participates in identifying root cause and corrective action from PCI reporting and metrics, drives cycle counting.

Data analysis and forecasting – Participate or lead in project team(s) as subject matter expert to design and develop program methods to consolidate and analyze structured and unstructured, diverse \"big data\" sources. Performs ad-hoc statistical and data-mining analysis. Create visualization using Tableau. Working closely with business user to understand the needs and requirements, convert data into action items with the knowledge in Python, SQL, or equivalent tool.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines

Business Expertise

• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market

Leadership

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements

Problem Solving

• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

Impact

• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus