Material Planning Team Leader

For our Client - an international SSC company with a stable position in the market, we are looking for a candidate for the position of Material Planner Team Leader. The role is focused on leading projects to improve service, reduce and avoid the cost and optimize inventory levels together with a leading team of 8 persons in Material Planning and Intercompany Customer Service.

your tasks

• lead a team of Material Planners and Intercompany Customer Service specialists and develop continuously team skills and maturity, as well as ensure teamwork within and with other areas,
• •support team members in operational topics, ensuring implementation of standards and processes improvement,
• manage projects to improve and reach area targets related to Service improvement, Inventory Optimization, and Excess & Obsolete reduction/avoidance,
• ensure to keep on track leading and lagging indicators via problem-solving approach, using 5WHY/TPM techniques,
• daily cooperation with key copackers together with leading operational meeting with them to ensure capacity availability, service level, production prioritization, and optimization/improvement projects,
• ensure keep informed stakeholder about supply status, via set or reports and information timely communicated,
• order processing, timely follow up of incoming material, delivery coordination, co-ordination with AP for payment issues,
• liaison with demand and supply planner, warehouse, logistics, customer service & other internal teams,
• daily check of MRP requirements and order statuses to ensure delivery dates are achieved,
• updating order delivery date to accurately reflect confirmed delivery date,
• accurately and timely maintaining process and control data information in the system. No escalations. The quick reaction to requests.