Materials Program Specialist - #1163226

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Job Summary:

The Materials Program Specialist will work with various functions and departments to drive material flow and ensure visibility of current & future material issues. It will be the core member to supporting materials strategy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with Planner to ensure visibility of current & future material issues

• Work with Production Managers to understand Critical Production schedules

• Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.

• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements. Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering.

• Material risk BOM analysis at project level :

  • Design and collaboration with SCM on the inventory programs: VOI, JIT, discrete orders, etc. – driving lead-time reduction

  • Recommend risk buy or consignment

(This relates to impact inventory liability, inventory turns, cash flow relief, etc. – due to upsides, downside, slow down of businesses more effectively)

• Burst demand request by customers – assess entire BOM materials lead-times, chronic suppliers, customer managed allocations , etc., then present from materials perspective how to support burst demand plan to support operations

• Work closely with Supply Chain Program managers for localization or regionalization of OEM & BTP parts

• Work with SCM on long term supply chain mitigation plan via localization or alternate sourcing to ease the supply chain for the Program/Tool.

• Leads internal tiger team that may include different functions and departments to drive supplier long-term issues and improve supplier performance.

• Provides inputs to engineering and SCM in supplier selection and assessment.

• Analyze system need dates, supplier commitments and current production status to identify critical material issues

• Lead clear to build (CTB) for pre-production build phases driving Global Shared Service team (GSS) with the directions and action plans.

• Report respective programs CTB updates in Regional meeting.

• Propose optimized supply planning to ensure on-time build schedule. Drive closure of materials issues

• Develop and execute risk/opportunity plans to meet program objectives & proactively manage mitigation plans

• Track KPI’s and generate Reports, Metrics & Presentations

• Support customer report (Materials Health Report, Customer OOR, Executive Reports) and Ad-hoc requirements.

• Consistently work on Demand & Supply to proactively identify gaps and work with planner buyers and Strategic procurement to eliminate the gaps

• Work with Engineering & Program Management to develop roadmaps for the phase-out of obsolete parts and phase-in of new product materials directed by customer.

• Be the focal point of communication with customer for the assigned project on materials related issue and attend customer meeting.

• Be the next escalation point after the category lead.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong purchasing knowledge including processes, tool, practices.

• Good data analysis capability to identify issue, develop solutions and implementation

• Good interpersonal and communication skills

• Strong understanding of the “Clear To Build” report

• Strong knowledge of MRP (Materials Requirements Planning) system functionality.

Educational/Certification Requirement:

• Diploma / Degree in Supply Chain Management or its equivalent

Experience Requirement:

• Knowledge of MRP system will be advantageous

• Minimum 6 – 8 years’ experience in manufacturing industry

• Prior experience in leading a team preferred

• Able to work in a fast paced environment