Material planner

At Trane Technologies^TM  and through our businesses including Trane^® and Thermo King^®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS: 

• Purchasing materials to ensure delivery, quantity, and time to catch up with a production schedule.
• Plan delivery schedule of materials based on expected consumption & production requirements.
• To distribute the report to each purchaser for self-checking and discuss each pending job, Pending PO with individual purchasers and resolve the bottleneck, in consultation with the Department head.
•  Lead to development suppliers of requirements in terms of delivery and problem-solving material shortage. Short-term and long-term on-time material delivery improvement. 
• Coordinate with the internal, external, and logistic teams. To get material on time for shipment. 
• To assist/support Management/Operation regarding purchasing system and all processes.
• Overseeing the daily workflow and schedules of the Department.
• Leading Purchasing, Inventory teams to achieve established KPI and Targets.
• Building strong relationships with both key suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes.
• Monitor material and equipment supply requirements to meet the Operational needs of the business.
• Identifying new opportunities while managing company spending with a continuous focus on
• Material on-time delivery improvements
• Continuous improvement related to purchasing and inventory control with a goal to maximize efficiency and optimize workflow.

Among the different areas of responsibilities, she/he will:  

• Management material PO, and tracking. To control FIFO, Inventory reduction, Lean manufacturing, and on-time shipment control.
• Follow up material import shipments and local suppliers to support production planer schedule.
• Other jobs that Material Management Manager assigned. Lead and work closely with other concerned material management departments. To achieve MM department objective and KPI target.

Supplier on-time delivery control 

• Coordinate with import and local suppliers to ensure all materials can be delivery on time.
• Zero material shortage to the production line.
•  Corrective and preventive action related to on-time material from suppliers. Risk assessments of material delivery. Support production, production planner, and store as requested. 

Education

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Supply chain management, Marketing, Business Management, Industrial, Material engineering, Material management or related fields. Or equivalent through experience

Languages:

•            Mandatory fluent in English, any other language is an asset.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• Strong analytical skills to push on-time delivery. Knowledge of supply chain and material management.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills. Strong to follow-up delivery and tracking materials.
• Strong to communicate in English well.
• Knowledge of entering purchase orders into the system, PR/PO, and Purchasing all supplies system.  Ensures timely and accurate purchase orders to suppliers.
• Ability to analyze bills of material (BOM) and drawings to understand key requirements.
• Having experience in the purchasing, material planning of manufacturing, air conditioning material or automotive manufacturing will be an advantage.  
• Responsible for purchasing material for supply in production from local and oversea.
• Computer program MS Office, Oracle, Excel macro, PowerPoint, MS-team, and lead online meetings.
• Ability to travel at short notice. Visit and audit suppliers if request.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.