Material Planner

1 month ago

Melbourne, Australia AkzoNobel Full time

**Date**:Oct 16, 2024

**Location**: Melbourne, AU

**Company**:AkzoNobel

**About AkzoNobel**

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands - including International, Sikkens and Interpon - is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today - while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

© 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.

**About The Opportunity**:
We are looking for an experienced **Material Planner & Scheduler** to join our team in **Sunshine**, **Melbourne**. Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager and working onsite, you will play a critical part in managing the planning, scheduling, and inventory of materials, monitoring performance, and ensuring materials are available in line with our agreed supply plan before release to production or internal teams.

**We will count on you to**:

- Develop and oversee comprehensive plans for raw material requirements to ensure production continuity.
- Coordinate the planning and scheduling of materials across various production sites to align with production goals.
- Decide which products need to be manufactured based on weekly and monthly production plans. This ensures that safety stock levels are maintained to meet demand without overproduction.
- Regularly review Material Requirements Planning (MRP) outputs to ensure Minimum Order Quantities (MOQs) and inventory targets are met.
- Lead daily production meetings to monitor and adjust the production plan. This involves balancing factory capabilities with sales needs to achieve weekly production volume targets and meet sales demands.
- Address and manage exception messages generated by the MRP system to ensure smooth production operations.
- Collaborate with the FG Planning team to ensure materials are available for production according to the latest schedule.
- Work closely with the Warehouse Manager at site level to ensure materials are available as per the agreed schedule, avoiding unnecessary inventory buildup.
- Continuously enhance the purchasing process by adopting best practices and leveraging advanced technology.
- Maintain optimal inventory levels and ensure the integrity of Purchase Orders (POs) through effective planning systems.
- Continuously monitor and expedite open POs to ensure timely delivery within lead times.
- Accurately open POs in the ERP system and ensure expected delivery dates are correctly recorded.
- Based on MRP outputs, provide suppliers with forecasts, including any life cycle management decisions.
- Monitor OOS situations daily and take necessary actions to expedite orders and resolve shortages.
- Strive to meet targets such as reducing working capital and improving material availability.
- Assist the Finance department in resolving any discrepancies related to invoices.
- Conduct quarterly reviews of material master data and assess the required levels of safety stocks to ensure accuracy and efficiency.

**What you need to have**:

- Excellent knowledge in MRP & Excel with strong background in Purchasing, proficiency in SAP
- Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to manipulate and interpret large quantities of data.
- Effective communication skills to coordinate with multiple internal teams.
- Ability to manage high-volume workloads, able to work under pressure with little supervision, drive for results, and quality-oriented.

**What We Can Offer**:
Being a Global company, we have a suite of benefits we can offer than your standard permanent role and job stability:

- _Career Pathway and Training_: We're committed to helping you reach your career goals. We offer training and development opportunities that open doors to your next steps.
- _Company Culture_: Experience a dynamic and inclusive culture that values innovation and collaboration.
- _Competitive Salary and Performance Bonuses_: Don't settle for the ordinary. You have the potential to earn more with performance bonuses on top of your base salary
- _Let AkzoNobel help you meet your health goals_: Your health matters to us. Enjoy a free annual flu vaccination and financial support for health and wellbeing programs of your choice each year.
- _Want to stretch your dollar further_? Enjoy exclusive discounts on HP products, discounted private health insurance with Bupa, as well as special corporate rates for car rentals through Avis, saving you money on essential purchases and travel expenses.
- _Looking for more perks_? Join us to find out more

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