What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Planner position at Alstom?
Req ID: 447896
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
JOB TITLE & JOB CODE
Job Title (Job code): Material Planner (SC-PO-12_004 for Tier 1; SC-PO-12_003 for Tier 2; SC-PO-12_001 for Tier 3)
Material Planning Officer (SC-PO-12_005)
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Organization structure (job belongs to...)
Supply Chain – Material Planning & SDPM
Reports directly to:
Material Planning Management (SC-PO-10)
Other reporting to:
Not Applicable
Direct reports:
Not Applicable
Network & Links
Internal
Missions
Educational Requirements
Mandatory:
Mandatory:
Important to note
As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
JOB TITLE & JOB CODE
Job Title (Job code): Material Planner (SC-PO-12_004 for Tier 1; SC-PO-12_003 for Tier 2; SC-PO-12_001 for Tier 3)
Material Planning Officer (SC-PO-12_005)
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
- Manage his Supplier's portfolio (Internal and/or External suppliers) for ensuring goods delivery at right time, quantity and place based on Alstom needs.
- Express delivery needs to suppliers and contribute to governance of the Supplier's delivery performances.
- Drive action plan for performance improvement & contribute to risk management.
- Collaborate with the Procurement team to ensure the contractual agreements are reflected in the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system.
Organization structure (job belongs to...)
Supply Chain – Material Planning & SDPM
Reports directly to:
Material Planning Management (SC-PO-10)
Other reporting to:
Not Applicable
Direct reports:
Not Applicable
Network & Links
Internal
- Industrial Planning
- Logistics Teams
- Production
- Procurement
- Quality
- SDPM (Supplier Delivery Performance Manager)
- PrSCL (Project Supply Chain Leader) / PrIdM (Project Industrialization Manager)
- Engineering & Industrialization
- Finance
- Global Supply Chain Team
- Internal Suppliers (other Alstom Sites)
- External Suppliers
- Transportation Provider
- 3PL (External Logistics Provider)
Missions
- Express delivery needs to Suppliers using the dedicated tools
- Follow up deliveries and ensure the availability of goods for Alstom projects
- Monitor Supplier's performances KPI's
- Participate/lead Supplier's performances improvement
- Contribute with SC inputs for supplier selection
- Contribute to the project SC objectives and targets by ensuring material planning and ERP settings are in line with these objectives.
- Internal suppliers: Manage Purchase Requisition until Material Planning documents creation*
- External suppliers: Follow up with Procurement the Purchase Requisition level maturity for launching Material Planning documents *
- Ensure and update the accuracy of material planning master data (in compliance with stock and logistic constraints) *
- Create the Material Planning documents (Call-off, Schedule Agreement) & respective Source List and Quota Management *
- Communicate the Material Planning documents to Suppliers and follow Suppliers confirmation
- Analyze Suppliers confirmations vs. Alstom needs and evaluate the risk/impact anticipation on production/projects
- Identify priorities associated with risk/impact anticipation and set up recovery actions
- Organize and maintain regular reviews with Suppliers in order to check the status of deliveries and their delivery performances
- Analyze and manage MRP exception messages and anticipate supply problems (backlogs, shortages, no demand…).
- Maintain delivery dates in ERP
- Track missing parts until stock availability
- Ensure non-conformities replacement through NCR process
- Resolve Goods Receipts issues with the applied means of communication (overstock, shortage, damage, documentation, quantity mismatch, Invoices, etc.)
- Analyze and share deliveries performances KPI's with different stakeholders (Internal & External)
- Collaborate with Material Planning Management/SDPM to validate worst Suppliers and define appropriate action plan
- Contribute (when involved) to Supplier Capacity Assessment
- Contribute (when involved) to Supplier's Light Capability Assessment (LSCA)
- Contribute to new business risk assessments and mitigation action plan
- Applicable in line with GSI deployment roadmap
- Apply APSYS ( A lstom P roduction S ystem) roadmap and Golden Rules
- Respect Alstom EHS policy
- Participate to EHS improvement and targets achievement
- Respect Alstom Ethics & Compliance codes
Educational Requirements
Mandatory:
- Graduated at least from Higher Education in Business Administration or Engineering or Supply Chain.
- Supply Chain certification.
- Local language
Mandatory:
- Experience with ERPs, Supply Chain concepts, processes continuous improvement, English.
- SAP experience.
- Materials requirements planning
- Supplier Delivery Performance Management
- Inventory management & Material Planning techniques
- Industrial scheduling
- Transport & Distribution
- Supply Chain information systems
- Data analytics
- Procurement
- Project Management Basics
- Entrepreneurship
- Agility
- Collaboration
Important to note
As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.
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