Materials Planning Analyst

Company Description

Anglo American’s purpose is to reimagine mining to improve people’s lives and is committed to creating a Living Mine that brings positive value to the people and environment where we operate.

Supply Chain is positioning itself for the future, by becoming more purpose-driven in aid of realizing the Anglo American purpose, and driving to be more agile and resilient. Central to being more purpose-driven is delivering significantly more positive impact within our host communities, acting as supplier interface to provide velocity to our innovation, technical & sustainability change programme, that includes improved safety performance and the embedment of circular economy principles, as well as overall delivery of significantly more sustainable value. To build a more agile and resilient Supply Chain the commoditized execution and digitalization of processes is a key focus whilst driving operational excellence.

This Physical Supply Chain (PSC) team is responsible for managing all materials planning, inventory, warehousing and logistics across Anglo American's Australia operations. The team works with operational stakeholders and Supply Chain commercial teams to assess future demands.

**Job Description**:
This role will support integrated planning practices with the aim of ensuring optimal parts availability through streamlined physical networks to achieve step-change performance and will primarily focus on data collection and analysis of information regarding demand forecasting and inventory management and conduct materials planning activities to enable optimal inventory levels that meet service level targets.

Accountabilities:

- Adhere to the relevant Supply Chain strategy and ensure that critical tasks, performance targets, plans and budgets are adhered to with due consideration of risk identification.
- Embrace an agile Supply Chain by being adaptive and flexible to accommodate and focus on emerging and changing business priorities.
- Carry out effective materials planning activities to meet end-user requirements at optimal inventory levels.
- Adhere to the standards and guidelines for inventory management.
- Raise visibility of capital optimization opportunities for execution e.g., disposal of excess and obsolete stock.
- Adhere to the inventory optimization plans, schedules and execute relevant activities in a timely and visible manner.
- Support the implementation of inventory optimization initiatives to minimize wastage at the operations to minimize Anglo American’s carbon footprint.
- Support the implementation of network optimization opportunities to guide logistics providers in order to reduce transportation frequency which also contributes to the positive impact on the environment.
- Actively undertake research, broad scanning, benchmarking and best practice analysis aimed at ultimately producing better results.
- Provide necessary analytical support required for proper planning and inventory control.
- Support the roll-out of the Anglo American Operating Model and cross-site best practice sharing, to leverage tangible working capital benefits.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with a broad range of internal stakeholders within both Supply Chain and site operations.
- Evaluate Supply Chain 'on-time-in-full' (OTIF) performance for inventory materials, handle queries and escalate critical issues.

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**Qualifications**:

- Degree qualified or equivalent in a relevant area with experience in materials planning.
- Knowledge demand algorithms and statistical models and the analysis thereof
- Experience working in a complex environment and managing multiple internal and external stakeholder perspectives
- Experience in demand forecasting and planning analytics

Additional Information

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.