Material Planner

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we've been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people's lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that's dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let's paint the future together.

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Jr Material Planner

As a Jr Material Planner, the main responsibilities will be:

• Responsible for the planning of raw and packaging materials, ensuring that the production plan can be executed. Through close contact with procurement and suppliers you ensure a solid supplier relationship and performance.
• High-level understanding of the trade-offs between service, inventory and costs. 
• The role requires a comprehensive understanding of existing and future capacity plans/constraints at the manufacturing plant and distribution network, and knowledge of how production capacity can be flexed to meet demand.
• Manage exceptions and all activities related to material planning to ensure availability for the master production plan in line with MRP parameters and supplier contracts.
• Ensure master data correctness & proper housekeeping of transactional data.
• Ensure good communication and integration with other planning teams, manufacturing (scheduling), logistics, customer care and other stakeholders. Drive MDI meeting & gate keeping meetings with other departments and support with providing relevant KPI's to measure performance. Escalate material availability issues to procurement according to the guidelines.
• Support projects and process improvement to enhance performance and efficiency of the required planning activities (SLOBs, Inventories and Service across scope site / supply points).

• Review/ update material planning and manage material availability: planning of raw & packaging materials, ensuring that the production plan can be executed.
• Creation of purchase orders and inform production planning on timelines. Review the 12wk outlook for the material plan, taking into account capacity agreements and storage capacity on the site.
• Support the material controllers and the site with analyses when needed to create visibility.
• Manage MRP exception messages.
• Drive gate keeping meetings with the other departments and support with providing relevant KPI's to measure performance.
• Provide impact analysis when needed to show the impact of decisions or scenarios to the plan. Support on reporting where necessary.
• Reviewing with Supplier flexibility to support Material Planning with respect to supplier capacity and suppliers 2nd tier material availability.
• Link to Procurement and Inbound Supply Chain Manager to improve Supplier Performance and escalate in case of structural material availability issues (& inform stakeholders).
• Balance service level (OTIF) and inventory targets (OWC) of raw and pack materials, whilst understanding cost impacts on manufacturing.
• Manage reduction and prevention of slow and obsolete stock (raw & pack). Ensure rework and scrapping at the site/primary DC.
• Inputs to inventory strategy including safety stock settings on raw & pack materials for existing, new and phase-out products.
• Inputs and maintains inventory stocking policies of raw & pack materials, safety stock levels in ERP system.
• Ensure master data correctness & proper housekeeping of transactional data.
• Support projects and process improvement to enhance performance and efficiency of the required material planning activities.

• University Education (e.g. Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or other relevant discipline) with Degree or equivalent qualification.
• Fluent and able to work in English (part of the team is based in the Netherlands).  Understanding and sensitivity to different cultural behaviours.
• Fluent and able to work in Spanish. The position will be located in Barcelona.
• At least 1 years experience in Supply Planning in FMCG, Paint/Coating or Retail will be appreciated.
• Experience in Logistics will be also valuable.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, flexibility and able to work under-pressure.
• Be able to come to the office 3 days per week.

• Join a growing multinational company. 
• Stable project.
• Professional and personal development in a dynamic environment.  
• Hybrid teleworking modality.
• Dining room benefits.
• Flexible remuneration.
• Access to training platform. 
• Free parking and metro 5 minutes walking.
• Paddle/tennis and football court free to use on site. 

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At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 50377