Material Planner

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Take on a new challenge and apply your supply chain expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside a collaborative and forward-thinking team of professionals.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring seamless material flow and supply chain efficiency. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (such as industrial, logistics, procurement, and quality assurance), create and coordinate delivery schedules, monitor KPIs, manage supplier performance and track material consumption for compliance with the material standard (PBOM) and ensure quality, cost, and delivery (QCD) commitments are met.

You’ll specifically take care of project-specific product deliveries and material management, but also coordinate manage KPIs, supplier performance and mitigate risks.

• Creating a delivery schedule and coordinating it
• Ensuring supply transparency
• Tracking material consumption for compliance with the material standard – BOQ/MBOM
• Material shortage management (system)
• Track on-time delivery rates by suppliers
• Tracking the status of non-conforming materials
• Adjusting the level (level management) and delivery date to the needs of the project and production line
• Stock control

• Express delivery needs to suppliers and contribute to governance of the Supplier's delivery performances
• Follow up deliveries and ensure the availability of goods for Alstom projects on time in full
• Monitor Supplier's performances KPI's including OTIF
• Participate/lead Supplier's performances improvement
• Contribute with SC inputs for supplier selection
• Contribute to the project SC objectives and targets by ensuring material planning and ERP settings are in line with these objectives
• Collaborate with the Procurement team to ensure the contractual agreements are reflected in the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system

• External suppliers:
  Follow up with Procurement the Purchase Requisition level maturity for launching Material Planning documents
• Ensure and update the accuracy of material planning master data (in compliance with stock and logistic constraints)
• Create the Material Planning documents (Call-off, Schedule Agreement) & respective Source List and Quota Management
• Communicate the Material Planning documents to Suppliers and follow Suppliers confirmation
• Analyze Suppliers confirmations vs. Alstom needs and evaluate the risk/impact anticipation on production/projects
• Identify priorities associated with risk/impact anticipation and set up recovery actions
• Organize and maintain regular reviews with Suppliers in order to check the status of deliveries and their delivery performances
• Analyze and manage MRP exception messages and anticipate supply problems (backlogs, shortages, no demand…).
• Maintain delivery dates in ERP
• Track missing parts until stock availability and ensure non-conformities replacement through NCR process
• Resolve Goods Receipts issues with the applied means of communication (overstock, shortage, damage, documentation, quantity mismatch, Invoices, etc.)
• Analyze and share deliveries performances KPI's with different stakeholders (Internal & External)
• Collaborate with Material Planning Suppliers and define appropriate action plan
• Contribute (when involved) to Supplier Capacity Assessment
• Contribute to new business risk assessments and mitigation action plan

• Degree in Administration, or a related field
• Experience in material planning, inventory control, or supply chain processes
• Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP) and supply chain software
• Familiarity with stock control and delivery scheduling
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills and teams
• Attention to detail and organizational skills
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced environment
• Abili…