What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Planner position at Aivres?
About Aivres
Aivres is a leading global data center and cloud computing solutions provider committed to delivering innovative technologies that propel the world's leading industries to new frontiers. We deliver and deploy robust, performance-optimized, purpose-built platforms to major data centers around the globe.
Primary Responsibilities
- Work with Demand Planning group to fully understand MRP (Materials Requirement Planning) demand and supply needs and balance those against operational goals including LEAN manufacturing principles.
- Understand the details of manufacturing processes, translating those into appropriate supply plans, and executing successfully against those plans.
- Understand lead times for the parts and the effects to Material Planning, including the variation of the logistics lead time to ensure on-time supply.
- Understand in-depth the technical functionality of MRP process including the effect of yield factors, safety stock, and multiple sources of demand.
- Plan, schedule, and manage the materials for delivering time-critical components to support assigned production area and/or service areas.
- Plan material requirements from multiple demand sources: production, service, engineering, re-manufacturing, other OEMs.
- Work with direct suppliers and Company headquarters to establish the appropriate delivery quantity and frequency for Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery and line-side replenishment quantities.
- Coordinate with Supply Chain Specialist and Logistics as needed, ultimately ensuring the right quantity at the right time to achieve production goals (no production line impact).
- Identify system demand and/or BOM issues and resolve inventory discrepancies.
- Using the inbound logistics tools, monitor the supplier shipments status and define appropriate actions if shipment is out of standard.
- Assist in implementing systematic solutions to control inventory flow, minimize shortages, and maintain accuracy in ERP system.
- Collaborate with Purchasing, Engineering, Change Control, and Document Control to coordinate Engineering Change Order timing, targeting minimal obsolescence.
- Work fluidly in a highly cross-functional team environment involving manufacturing and product development teams, as well as supply chain specialists, manufacturing engineers, materials, and logistics personnel.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 3 to 5 years of Material Planner-related experience, import & export experience is plus.
- Proficient knowledge of MS Office Suite (i.e., Excel including, but not limited to spreadsheets, functions, and advanced applications). Experience with SAP preferred.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work under pressure required, fluency in Mandarin would be a big plus.
