Material Planner - Supervisor

SUMMARY:
Opportunity Available!! Our well known client in the Automotive Industry is looking to employ a Material Planner to join their Plant in East London.

POSITION INFO:
Job Description: 

Releases:

• Releases to be sent every Monday, to all suppliers
• All significant volume changes, especially increases, must be investigated for validity
• Open orders to be handed in with plausibility report for releases (Plausibility report is run by Supervisor once all releases are sent)
• Investigate Requirements with No Orders as per list provided

 Transport orders:

• All suppliers Collections, excluding FCL, are scheduled on iNET
• TO number to be loaded on the TO tracking sheet
• Handle any queries from 4flow with regards to Transport Orders FSN’s / LSN’s
• Once the container information is received from (LSN) or the Freight Forwarder (FSN) it gets captured for the Customs Officer to proceed with clearing instructions
• Container packs with complete invoices and GRN’s are compiled for Stores
• Each TO gets updated on the TO tracking sheet with the relevant container and vessel information this serves as a 2nd check to see if TO’s have been loaded onto a vessel assist with resolving any finance queries; or any exception costs relating to a specific TO.
• Supervisor updates the vessel docking information with the relevant info

• GRN’s:
• All TO’s for the previous week’s collections are GRN’ed into the system by the following Friday.

Other General Duties:

• Run daily or 10 Day Shortage Report to ensure no stock outs
• Any risks are escalated as per the Escalation Process / and requests for PTA’s are raised if required as per PTA Request Process
• Perform tasks identified in the Engineering Change forums & Maintain Static Data settings for run out & new parts as identified in the Engineering Change Process
• Process & close out on Claims as identified by Exceptional TO Charges Report
• Investigate & close out on Finance Queries
• Prioritize & Sequence containers for Stores to off load
• Provide Open Orders for Month End projections, that are still to be collected
• Raise QN’s on suppliers for any discrepancies in Delivery process, Administrative errors and Quality Issues.
• Run Vessel Information Report, to identify “old” GRN’s in TR & action as required.

Supervisor Specific Duties:

• Ensures that MRP is run on the 1st day of each week & that all Planners have issued Releases to all suppliers
• Runs the following Reports/Transactions weekly
• Plausibility Report – to check Release Discrepancies & Last Release Date per part
• Open Orders Report – to check Supplier/Planner Backlog
• Stock on Hand Report (Daily) – to complete Daily Inventory Tracker + perform Month End Inventory Projection
• Vessel Info Report – to check Good in Transit not allocated to Vessels
• iNET Exception Report – to check on iNET Network Performance o iNET Claims Report – to Approve Exception Costs or Submit Counter Claims
• Upload PFEP in ICE Tool – which form Database for iNET Network
• Open PTA Report – to check Open / Recoverable Premium Freight Claims
• Range Report – to check Potential Shortages by Planner v Escalated Risks raised by Planners
• 10 Day Report – run each Monday & Thursday, to issue to Management & Customer
• Ad Hoc Reports/Analysis:
• Update Vessel Docking Info – on Shared Drive in order for Receiving to Call off containers
• Address Finance Queries
• Month End ASN Value – submitted to Finance for Accrual
• Month End List of TRN/GRN Details – to validate Open Orders v Actual Bookings

Job Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in a related field and 1-3 years’ experience in logistics and/or materials or a combination of education and experience equivalent.

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