Materials Planner jobs in South Burlington, VT

JOB TITLE & JOB CODE

Job Title (Job code): Material Planner (SC-PO-12_004 for Tier 1; SC-PO-12_003 for Tier 2; SC-PO-12_001 for Tier 3)

Material Planning Officer (SC-PO-12_005)

PURPOSE OF THE 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.

ORGANIZATION

Organization structure (job belongs to...)

Supply Chain - Material Planning & SDPM

Reports directly to:

Material Planning Management (SC-PO-10)

Other reporting to:

Not Applicable

Direct reports:

Not Applicable

Network & Links

Internal

• Industrial Planning
• Logistics Teams
• Production
• Procurement
• Quality
• SDPM (Supplier Delivery Performance Manager)
• PrSCL (Project Supply Chain Leader) / PrIdM (Project Industrialization Manager)
• Engineering & Industrialization
• Finance
• Global Supply Chain Team
• Internal Suppliers (other Alstom Sites)

External

• External Suppliers
• Transportation Provider
• 3PL (External Logistics Provider)

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

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.

Tasks

• 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

General scope

• Apply APSYS (Alstom Production System) roadmap and Golden Rules
• Respect Alstom EHS policy
• Participate to EHS improvement and targets achievement
• Respect Alstom Ethics & Compliance codes

MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• Graduated at least from Higher Education in Business Administration or Engineering or Supply Chain.

Desirable:

• Supply Chain certification.
• Local language

Experience

Mandatory:

• Experience with ERPs, Supply Chain concepts, processes continuous improvement, English.

Desirable:

• SAP experience.

Competencies & Skills Describe the needed skills (technical & behavioral)

• 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