Specialist Regional Materials Planner

**Date**:5 Jan 2025

**Job Posting End Date**:
**Job Country**:Australia

**Job State/Province**:Queensland

**Job Location/Region**:Brisbane

**About BHP**

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success
- About the Role
- Responsible for expediting and providing Parts Availability information for planned maintenance activities following Inventory Processes and ensuring excellent customer service to our operations to deliver the right parts at the right time
- Management of exceptions, assessing parts availability for scheduled work, and make recommendations in line with the Inventory Planning process.
- Review free text items, identify opportunity for transfers, and ensure Parts Availability alignment with Work Order scheduling.
- Work collaboratively with external vendors, Inventory Planning (Manila) and Co-ordinate proactively and effectively to expedite delivery of materials in deviation management for +4-to-+1-week horizon for maintenance planning and execution and liaise with MEIOC.
- Responsible for expediting “At Risk” materials with large Vendors for AU Assets.
- Attends weekly pre-scheduling meetings with maintenance teams to provide details updates on Parts Availability.
- Coaches end users to develop understanding of inventory planning process and integration points to optimise Work Management planning.
- Manages demand through the release of purchase requisitions, seeks to utilise inventory within the network by transferring stock, where possible.
- Frequent engagement with regional stakeholders and external Vendors in conducting Parts Availability reviews and actioning recommendations.
- Proactively provide key insights to the inventory analysis team to support material availability and optimise inventory holdings.
- Assist the Superintendent Inventory Planning and Inventory (Manila) in resolving complex issues, review of work allocation, and any associated activities to manage team’s performance.
- Assist Experience Owner team to continuously update and improve procedures and Quick Reference Guides (QRG) documentation for the team.
- Understanding customer needs through demonstrated connectivity.
- About You
- Experience in ERP Parts Availability Tracking, with 1SAP preferred, willingness to learn.
- Experience in ERP Work Order MRP mgmt. with 1SAP preferred, willingness to learn.
- Demonstrated experience with monitoring parts availability & expediting or the willingness to learn.
- Collaborative mind-set and advanced interpersonal skills.
- Capable in building constructive long-term relationships.
- Proven ability to operate effectively in complex and ambiguous environments.
- Ability to think laterally to independently resolve issues and influence change.
- Autonomous, detail oriented, organised, and objective. Strong communication skills enabling the influencing of a diverse stakeholder group.
- Ability to work individually and in a team as required. Ability to support Leaders to deliver upon department KPIs.
- Have strong levels of resilience, able to work under pressure with little supervision, drive for results and quality oriented.

**About Our Process**

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and rec