Material Planner

▪ Adheres to the stock strategy guidelines that is supplied by BA SCM and align with Plant SCM.
Manage exceptions messages and review raw material requirements daily in MRP.
▪ Convert Purchase Reqs to Purchase Orders where needed.
▪ Analyzes raw material supply to ensure we are staying balanced with inventory.
▪ Responsible for monitoring of supply by ensuring confirmation on purchase orders  following up on expected and late deliveries. 
▪ Communicates with vendors to obtain product or service information, availability, and delivery schedule. 
▪ Works closely with receiving, supply chain, finance, production and management.
▪ Provides good customer service to internal and external customers assisting and supports requests, needs etc.
▪ Expedites orders and requests as needed.
▪ Owns the raw material debottlenecking process and aligns with BA Procurement if not resolved, provides details for escalation.
▪ Communicates frequently with BA Procurement on areas of concern.
▪ Supports BA Procurement team members in shortage or allocations.
▪ Constantly and proactively evaluation of materials and single source materials for risk mitigation.
▪ Maintains all required paperwork in an organized and accessible way relating to purchase orders,inventories, deliveries etc.  
▪ Supports annual physical inventory or cyclic stock taking process.
▪ In-charge of maintaining SAP master data related to raw materals and other materials procured by position to ensure the integrated planning model.
▪ Actively working towards full automation to support the Integrated Supply Chain Planning Model set by the CT Group Sector.
▪ Attends trainings, webinars, conference calls as needed to ensure that we are following proper process and procedures, and supporting other teams as needed. 
▪ Supports with inventory numbers when Supply Chain Manager is unavailable.
▪ Continue to learn and develop knowledge oneself

• Bachelor´s degree in engineering or related.
• Advanced level of english
• Product knowledge (functionalities and applications)
• Supply Chain Management (including logistics policies, systems and processes)
• Quality management (including quality policies, systems and processes)
• Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques
• Lean production/CBS principles, methods and tools
•  Soft skills, tools and techniques
• Human relations skills (team skills, conflict management, open-mindedness, networking, moderation and negotiation)
• Project management skills, tools and techniques

At Continental we are committed to building an inclusive and discrimination-free ecosystem in Mexico, these principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore, it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.

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