MRP Planning Specialist

You are passionate about Supply Chain and want to start your career in Global Planning? Then you've come to the right place! We are looking for YOU as "MRP Planning Specialist" to join our Global Supply Chain Planning Team in Elsbethen/Salzburg.

In this role you'll take over the responsibility of the global material requirement planning (MRP) for components of our finished products using state-of-the-art tools. Moreover, you'll be responsible for short-term material availability in alignment with internal and external stakeholders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Areas that play to your strengths

All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:

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• SHORT-TERM PLANNING

  In this role you'll ensure that the semi-finished goods production can keep up with the finished goods production, by determining the net requirements. You'll also be responsible for short-term material availability in alignment with internal and external stakeholders by proposing order and replenishment quantities and timings.

• DATA QUALITY

  A smooth process requires a high data quality. Therefore, you'll ensure the data quality for all planning related parameters in our Planning Tools and Master Data Systems. You'll also track and monitor NPIs.

• INVENTORY MONITORING SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS

  An important part of this role is to plan and monitor replenishment of semi-finished products within the production network. In case of deviations plan vs. actual, you'll take the corrective actions and align them with the involved parties. In addition you'll continuously manage inventories to avoid waste and destructions of raw materials.

• LONG-TERM PLANNING

  Together with the team you'll also be responsible to ensure a correct global long-term production/procurement planning and the dependent requirements for semi-finished goods and raw materials. Therefore, you'll regularly monitor and check the automated processes and systems. The monitoring of overdue production orders and production requirement is also part of your role.

• KPI MONITORING

  You'll also analyse data and prepare it for the monthly alignment meeting that takes place between internal stakeholders such as planning, production and procurement.

• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

  To continuously develop our planning processes, you'll apply your planning skills and system know-how (e.g. SAP MM/PP, SAP APO or master data systems such as SAP MDG-M) to support/lead supply chain projects.

EXPERIENCE

Your areas of knowledge and expertise

that matter most for this role:

• 3 years experience in supply chain planning (ideally with knowledge of material requirements planning)
• Degree (Bachelor/Master) in Business Administration, Operations Management or similar OR qualification with relevant professional experience in the field
• Fluent in English, German is a strong plus
• Experience in state-of-the-art planning processes and systems (eg. SAP IBP)
• Interested in working within a fast-paced environment, within a global organization
• Strong analytical skills and fact-based decision making
• Open minded, collaborative and solution oriented
• Focused and Proactive
• Good interpersonal skills - Team player

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