Material Planner

Job Summary

• Analyse material usage trends and forecast future material requirements.
  
• Monitor inventory levels to ensure optimal stock availability, conducting regular cycle counts and audits.
  
• Collaborate with procurement, production, and logistic teams to avoid material shortages or overstock.
  
• Identify opportunities to enhance supply chain efficiency and reduce material costs.
  
• Maintain the GOLDLOCKS levels of inventory – enough to avoid shortages, but not so much that it ties up capital (Minimizing holding cost and obsolescence)
  
• Align supply with production schedules.
  
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure quality on – time delivery and responsiveness to change.
  
• Material Requirement Planning (MRP) Reviewing and analysing MRP exception messages, releasing expediting or de- expediting purchase orders.
  
• Inventory Control: Setting safety stock levels, reorder points and maintaining ABS classification for inventory.
  
• Demand Forecasting: By analysing historical data and user demand patterns to predict future material needs.
  

Educational Qualification and Work Experience

• Minimum of HND or B.Sc. in Social Science or Engineering related courses.
  
• Any relevant professional certification is an added advantage
  
• Minimum of 5-7 Years hands-on experience in material management in the manufacturing industry. Proficiency in ERP (SAP) Excel, Power Point and Microsoft word.
  

Skill and Competencies

• Effective Communication skills
  
• People management skills
  
• Conflict Resolution Skills
  
• Project Management Skills
  
• Negotiation skills
  
• Presentation skills
  
• Interpersonal Skills
  
• Integrity
  
• Empathy
  
• Openness