Deputy Manager - Materials

Job Description Summary

Coordinate and expedite the flow of materials (from suppliers and also within departments) according to production schedules. Plan and schedule material/production needs. Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team. Executes standard operational/technical tasks typically subject to instructions and work routines. There is latitude to rearrange the sequence to complete task/duties based on changing work situations.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage master planning, material processes and systems, prepare and update production schedules and purchasing needs. Ensure operational alignment with production plan and KPIs. Optimize inventory and process improvements.
• Broadening knowledge of own technical discipline to execute policy/strategy. May include support roles with specialized technical field of knowledge; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills.
• Basic understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. Good understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• May have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework. Resolves issues in situations that require good technical knowledge and judgment within established procedures. Consults more senior team members for issues outside of defined instructions/parameters.
• A job at this level requires good interpersonal skills and may be required to lead a junior team. For customer facing roles, develops strong customer relationships and serves as the interface between customer and GE. Explains technical information to others.

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• Place POs in system keeping inventory & Order-to-Build (OTB) in mind & seek PO acknowledgement from suppliers.
• Conduct regular follow-ups with suppliers for production shipment schedules & monitor status.
• Manage supplier documentation to ensure compliance to regulator
• Conduct daily meeting with suppliers to understand bottlenecks, challenges
• Ensure on-time unloading of delivery vehicles & closure of GRN
• Ensure inventory targets related to safety stock is not breached
• Check & download inventory stock
• Sourcing discussion to finalize supplier, allocation any challenges from supplier
• Ensure on-time resolution on RTV , loan and rep, MRB related issue
• Packaging improvement to avoid risk and reduce cost of transportation
• Lead time and logistic time reduction by working with CFT
• Change implementation
• Obsolute part inventory and inventory ageing reduction
• Product knowledge and drawing interpretation to support sourcing on identifying new sources.
• Knowledge of OTR related activities to execute shipments to customer.
• Check for inventory, lead time of part and place PO on-time to ensure availability of material as per build plan.
• Should not be short & long cycle PO.
• Close backdated PO for Po reconciliation
• Ensure maximum threshold inventory raw material plus Goods in transit is not exceeded by ensuring material arrangement as per build plan, control, and improvement on DOH and OTB.

• This role requires basic experience in the Manufacturing & Materials Planning and Execution. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Strong Material planning skill
• EXIM (Export-Import policies)
• Inventory management/PFEP
• Strong analytical and problem-solving
• Six sigma
• Knowledge of Warehousing