Responsibilities Main Activities
- Lead the weekly Make Planning cycle and create material plans for assigned product categories.
- Build and maintain the monthly MRP plan based on production requirements and available inventory.
- Share MRP plans with the Bern Make Planning organization according to agreed timelines.
- Identify material supply risks and opportunities, and propose alternative or constrained scenarios to support service levels.
- Escalate potential material risks to the MRP Planning Lead and Procurement, and support issue resolution.
- Validate production and material plans during weekly plan review meetings.
- Assess medium- and long-term material availability using supplier feedback.
- Monitor purchase requisition (PR) conversions and purchase order (PO) releases.
- Track supplier performance and share insights with Procurement.
- Support working capital management by identifying excesses or shortages and proposing corrective actions.
- Create inventory projections for raw and packaging materials, aligned with agreed targets.
- Review weekly business waste and provision snapshots in collaboration with Finance.
- Develop business waste projections to reduce obsolescence and no-consumption risks.
Qualifications Qualifications
- Fluent in English
- 1–3 years of experience in Materials Planning, or a related supply chain function.
- University degree in Engineering.
- Basic to intermediate knowledge of material planning and production planning concepts.
- Hands-on experience using ERP systems; SAP experience is required.
- Intermediate Excel (pivot charts, pivot tables, formulas, data cleansing)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work with multicultural teams across regions.
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