Demand Planner / Supply Chain Planner

As a Material Planner at ASTRA V within the Material Planner team, your role will involve managing a dedicated list of suppliers and planning material requirements in line with production schedules using the MRP system (Material Requirements Planning). You will be responsible for coordinating with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of materials and proactively preventing shortages on production lines. Monitoring supplier performance and maintaining strong relationships to ensure reliability will be key, including handling first-level escalation of supply issues.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with Production, Logistics, and Quality teams to align material availability with production needs and manage production or supply-related scrap
• Working closely with the Purchasing department to manage supply parameters such as lead times, MOQ, Incoterms, etc.
• Defining supply planning parameters for new orders and issuing purchase requests accordingly
• Maintaining and setting accurate planning parameters to support a standardized planning process
• Collaborating with the PBOM (Product Bill of Materials) team to review BOMs and manage phase-in/phase-out processes
• Maintaining accurate inventory records and generating detailed reports for management review
• Implementing inventory management strategies to avoid both shortages and excess stock
• Identifying opportunities for inventory optimization, cost reduction, and process improvements

The qualifications required for this role include:

• Bachelors degree in supply chain, industrial engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience (2+ years) in material planning, supply chain, procurement, or production planning
• Knowledge of vehicle BOMs to evaluate alternative solutions in terms of assembly and procurement
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, formulas), SAP, and other data analysis tools
• Experience with inventory management, forecasting, and material flow optimization
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); knowledge of additional languages is a plus As a Material Planner at ASTRA V within the Material Planner team, your role will involve managing a dedicated list of suppliers and planning material requirements in line with production schedules using the MRP system (Material Requirements Planning). You will be responsible for coordinating with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery of materials and proactively preventing shortages on production lines. Monitoring supplier performance and maintaining strong relationships to ensure reliability will be key, including handling first-level escalation of supply issues.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with Production, Logistics, and Quality teams to align material availability with production needs and manage production or supply-related scrap
• Working closely with the Purchasing department to manage supply parameters such as lead times, MOQ, Incoterms, etc.
• Defining supply planning parameters for new orders and issuing purchase requests accordingly
• Maintaining and setting accurate planning parameters to support a standardized planning process
• Collaborating with the PBOM (Product Bill of Materials) team to review BOMs and manage phase-in/phase-out processes
• Maintaining accurate inventory records and generating detailed reports for management review
• Implementing inventory management strategies to avoid both shortages and excess stock
• Identifying opportunities for inventory optimization, cost reduction, and process improvements

The qualifications required for this role include:

• Bachelors degree in supply chain, industrial engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience (2+ years) in material planning, supply chain, procurement, or production planning
• Knowledge of vehicle BOMs to evaluate alternative solutions in terms of assembly and procurement
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, formulas), SAP, and other data analysis tools
• Experience with inventory management, forecasting, and material flow optimization
• Fluent in English (written and spoken); knowledge of additional languages is a plus