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Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our
growth, we're looking to add a Specialist - GBS Planning in Chennai, India.
An experience purchasing professional who can quickly and accurately process
purchase orders in a fast-paced environment. Has excellent stake holders service skills
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and works well in a team to consistently meet challenging performance targets.
What a typical day looks like:
• Responsible for providing expertise and support to the Customer Focus Team (CFT),
ensuring the ability of the materials planning for a specific project or projects as
required providing materials support to the weekly production planned orders and
enables to achieve Kit on time drop to meet Customer Schedule.
• Key assignments include providing timely Materials status through use of available
Shortage reports, Submission of Excess and Obsolete Inventory to the Customer, Work
Order Management, inventory management, MRB and DR Management to achieve
the operating goals.
• Senior Materials Planners for New Emerging NPI Accounts to provide faster service to
the NPI Customer to effectively communicate with the customer protecting business
interest of Flex.
• Working on customer forecast & shipment using waterfall method.
• Responsible for analyzing availability of materials & capacity based on customer
demand & coming up with aggressive but achievable loading schedule.
• Responsible for running weekly system reports to determine material shortages & work
on their closure with buying team.
• Responsible for handling work order management based on build plan. Responsible for
identifying & taking various inventory management measures.
The experience we're looking to add to our team:
• Education: Bachelor's Degree or Engineering Graduates
• Experience: 4- 6yrs. Planning/ Supply Chain Purchasing, Planning and Supply Chain
knowledge/experience.
• Mandatory Knowledge of computer software applications, MS Excel, Word &
PowerPoint (PF) Knowledge of planning tool like Kinaxis will be an added advantage.
• Proficiency: ERP/P2P systems, BAAN / SAP/ Oracle,
• Kinaxis knowledge will be added advantage. Knowledge of Engineering BOMs, product
structure, EOL, ECO Management
• Process Knowledge: complete planning cycle including MPS, MRP, Demand Planning,
Materials planning, Production planning.
• Communication: Communication, both verbal and written, is an important part of this
role.
What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
- Heath Insurance
- PTO
Job Category
Global Procurement & Supply Chain
Required Skills:
Optional Skills:
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