Associate Materials Management Planning

About GEA

• GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.

• Why join GEA

• GEA is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will therefore receive consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, world view, national origin, genetics, disability, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected characteristic required by applicable law. Applicants with disabilities are welcome and will be given special consideration if they are equally qualified.

Your profile and qualifications

• BE in Mechanical Engineering and must worked with Mfg. of engineering components / OEMs.

• Min. 5-8 years of experience in handling Material planning

• Trained on basic lean concepts would be added advantage.

• Solid understanding of Procurement, Planning and inventory management software SAP (SAP MM Module).

• Outstanding analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Your responsibilities and tasks

• Ensure that material scheduling strategy and processes are in place and work effectively in order to ensure material supply meets production requirements with minimum stock levels, whilst optimising costs

• Take ownership of material planning issues that arise, including over or under delivery and take any follow up actions especially in the event of material shortages that affect production

• Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions

• Seek and recommend solutions to overcome issues arising in order to meet production requirements.

• Implement flexible solutions to aid business efficiency, drive process improvements and add value

• Support continuous improvement initiatives

• Ensure that professional and consistent materials planning processes are applied across the business

• Ensure that any Material Requirements Planning system (MRP) in place is effective and that data is accurate and up to date and resolve any issues as required

• Investigate and implement system enhancement initiatives

• Ensure the integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) and inventory accuracy at all times and manage and control inventory levels and movements

• Ensure that the operational information, reports and metrics are available to share with others in the business as and when required

• Report on achievement of targets and identify any corrective action