MATERIALS PLANNING ANALYST III

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Materials Planning Teams are responsible for the plans, schedules, and monitoring of the movement of material through the production cycle. They determine quantity and order date for materials to meet production or engineering schedules, initiate purchase or production requisitions compliant with supply agreements, and develop the schedule to be used in the production facility based on forecasts and historical analysis. The Team develops specifications for new contract orders as well as forecasts and plans for labor requirements. They provide timely and accurate input on supplier performance and may be asked to participate in higher level supplier performance reviews with the strategic sourcing team. They also monitor cost, schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure best quality at best value.

What your background should look like:

Tasks Summary & Responsibilities:

Responsible for production planning, scheduling and inventory control by using SAP. Interface closely with Production and all plant support groups to ensure activities are defined accurately and executed effectively.
Partner with production to develop a Production plan or HEIJUNKA that meets customer service requirements while maintaining minimum inventory and optimal manufacturing cost.
Monitor the production output on daily basis and make sure it meets the plan and highlight any discrepancies.
Creates and releases Production Orders with awareness of customer request dates, component and capacity availability, and any other resource issues needed to support on-time delivery to internal and external customers.
Manage daily MRP exception reports for Finished Goods while optimizing on-hand inventory and meeting service requirements. Execute all MRP exception messages (02,05,06,07,10,15,20,30,96).
Manually create deliveries for finished products to customer when necessary. Deal with ZPWL release blocks (ER, WR, MR, 61, 10). Update LRC - proactively update CC through ZPWL or ZBMT and visualize new confirmation dates in SAP. Manage future late: attempt to correct orders which were reconfirmed to later date than original confirmation date.
Maintain appropriate material master data in SAP (MRP Views).
Advises on availability date of finished products to Customer Service teams.  Confirms all unconfirmed customer orders in SAP.
Leads continuous improvement activity, individually and with teams to impact planning KPIs. 
Reduce Past dues, Manage Pull-ins and drive improvement actions
Participation in weekly/monthly Production Meetings to review and agree production requirements
Elevate production issues to manager, work for resolution and execute the determined course of action. 
Perform with minimal costs of premium freight to ship out finished products to meet customer requirements. Use of express shipments should be approved by plant supply chain manager in case of delays caused by internal reason
Highlight component delivery issues to Tactical Buyer to ensure components are available to support the production schedule, expediting / de-expediting as appropriate Align with the Tactical buyer on material risk and opportunities. 
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Professional Experience

At least 2 to 4 years of experience within the area of Material Requirement Planning 

Special Qualifications, Knowledge & Skills

Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and communication skills 
Strong project management skills and ability to multi-task 
Ability to work in a matrix environment with multi-cultural teams
Ability to demonstrate strong customer focus and continues improvement attitude
Ability to form successful working relationships quickly at all levels 
Advanced knowledge in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office, i.e. Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint
Fluent in English both written and spoken, local Language is a plus

Competencies