Planner I

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How You'll Help Us Connect the World:

As a Planner in our Material Planning team, you will ensure correct and smooth movement of material from suppliers to production floor and support manufacturing process to complete customers’ orders efficiently; balance the competing objectives to maximize customer service, minimize supply chain costs and better Inventory Controls. This is an individual contributor role based in Verna, Goa.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Using corporate ERP system (SAP), creating material inventory/purchasing plans, capacity plans, based on customer forecasts, current sales, seasonal trends and information received from sales to decrease response time to customer demands and increase market share.
• Maintaining forecast in response to the availability and lead-time of components, market forces, increased/reduced demand, global corporate inventory policy and weekly exception report.
• Working with local and global procurement teams to resolve any supply issues resulting in delay in serving customers.
• Directing the control processes including measurement of key performance indicators and recommended actions over the supply chain, planning procedures, manufacturing, and distribution. These include metrics for customer service, supply chain costs, and working capital.
• Using inventory management tools to improve turns and reduce non-moving inventory and analytical skills to monitor and call out planning issues.
• Expediting supplier materials to meet master schedule needs, liaising with Shipping Agents regarding imports of Air and Ocean Freight, providing delivery schedules and requests.
• Liaising with counterparts at other locations to reduce the interval to customers who require high value/low usage components within a short lead time.
• Collaborating with other functional areas to improve planning processes, including Manufacturing, Customer Care, Engineering, Logistics, Purchasing, and Product Line Management.
• Investigating discrepancies, using ERP systems, around accuracy of inventory (raw, WIP, finished goods), shipments, returns, and invoices.
• Investigating possible alternative uses of excess and slow-moving stock to reduce and eliminate this specific area of inventory and optimize usage of material.
• Being responsible for ECR review in AMO and approval/disposition actions, daily review of JIT parts coverage and coordination with vendors.
• Releasing of Subcontract POs and coordination for DC creation, DC closure as per the Finance Norms, Monthly reconciliation of Subcontract stocks etc.

Required Qualifications for Consideration:

• Diploma or bachelor’s in engineering.
• 5 to 8 years of similar Planning & Production experience in a high volume/mix manufacturing environment, ideally RM planning to meet needs.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working directly with vendors and planners at sister facilities to acquire parts to meet needs
• Minimum 2 to 3 years of SAP (MM) / ERP hands on in Material planning

You Will Excite Us If You:

• Have the experience and skills to understand and interact with sales teams, suppliers, and production teams.
• Are accurate, decisive, data-driven and able to deliver commitments in a complex tight-schedule environment.
• Have strong IT skills with a zeal to learn new operating / reporting processes.
• Demonstrate good communication skills in English language.
• Have strong PC skills (MS Office).
• Have experience with ERP (SAP) and reporting tools.

Why ANDREW?

Explore exciting career opportunities at ANDREW, part of the Amphenol family. With a legacy of over 85 years in wireless innovation, we empower mobile operators and enterprises with cutting-edge solutions.

ANDREW, an Amphenol company, is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. ANDREW offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that our company is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

ANDREW is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin

For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.andrew.com/