Job Description The Material Planning & Logistics Manager position supervises and coordinates team members in the departments responsible for planning and procurement of materials in production, receiving, storing, and preparing product for shipment. Role Summary The Material Planning & Logistics Manager position supervises and coordinates team members in the departments responsible for planning and procurement of materials in production, receiving, storing, and preparing product for shipment. Main Tasks
Disciplinary and functional lead, including coordination of activities in the teams; Lead the location specific logistics, materials, and production planning initiatives; Use Lean manufacturing methodologies in the value chain to drive continuous improvement; Work with sales, Inventory, Operations, Planning lead to drive inventory reduction projects; Partner with Manufacturing to ensure coordination of other functions such as production planning, raw and finished goods inventory management; Coach team resolving complex problems concerning supply chain issues; Maintain and create metrics, reports, process documentation with the overall objective to proactively highlight potential problems and drive improvements from a financial and operational aspect; Report out monthly on achievement of goals and objectives - create and implement corrective actions for negative performance; All accountabilities of MP&L; processes profiles.
Skills
Process Improvement Supply Chain Planning Data Analysis Demand Planning Inventory Control Systems Shipping & Receiving SAP Utilization
Experience
Bachelor's degree Required; 5+ years of relevant work experience: manufacturing industry, structured; Experience in leading of team.
Technical/Functional Competencies
Material Planning and Logistic Process Knowledge (incl. SAP process and transactional-interface, process mapping); Operational Knowledge (incl. SAP transactional); Understanding for relevant Governance in Material Planning and Logistics; Lean Principles, like PULL, value stream development, kanban. MS Office skills; Italian, English or German fluently; Sedapta;
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