Central Material Planner

**Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader**:
We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

**Your mission, roles and responsibilities**:

- The Central Material Planner is accountable to ensure the daily execution of the procurement process related to all production materials supply in own portfolio to meet the production schedule, minimum stock levels of the customer plants, according to Service Levels Agreements and agreed Operational Cost (transaction cost).
**Deliverables, Performance Indicators**
- Supplier performance: MPM, backlogs
- Alerts follow up: # or alerts raised, resolution effectiveness, time to solve
- Cost effectiveness: number of lines processed/month, Truck filling rate for routes of the scope, cost recharge effectiveness (to suppliers or to plants according to SLA)
- Inventory/Cash Management: JNI reduction process: Parameter challenge (MOQ, packaging, frequency, Lead Time improvements), and Supplier arbitration reduction.

**Specific activities**
- Build-up a leveled procurement program per part/supplier, according to MRP calculation, taking into both plant needs (PIC/PDP) and suppliers’ capacity
- Collaborate with the Transport Team to synchronize and optimize both transport and supply plans
- Lead the plant affectations of supplier deliveries when capacity constraints and ensure the proper communication/follow up
- Follow-up the execution of the plans, raise and manage alerts when needed
- Measure the supplier’s delivery performance (MPM), collaborate to define corrective actions and improvement plans
- Ensure the eventual supplier/plant claims and cost recharge inputs to PC&L managers and Controllers (Plants, Platform), follow the complete process with Purchasing to provide visibility & Forecast
- Collaborate with the plants, purchasing and transportation team to continuously reduce inventories through regular reviews of the inventory segmentation (JNI) parameters in FCS
- Support and facilitate with exceptional deliveries/crises
- Ensure JNI performance and reporting
- Process standardization and development
- Schedule the supply of materials/components to meet production requirements and minimum safety stock levels; Monitor inventory levels
- Ensure the check of supplier capacities (fixed and forecast horizon) with plants and Purchasing
- Plan, develop, implement and evaluate Standard Processes for material supply from supplier to point of fitment
- Ensure Master data accuracy
- Minimize obsolete stock and ensure business is hold with minimum liability
- Ensure the update of any supplier management documentation
- Contribution to roadmap for productivity portfolio and supplier’s management
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to forecast, plan and facilitate on-time materials to the production line as and when required
- Generate and communicate supplier material delivery schedules and forecasts
- Develop and maintain good relationships with suppliers and ensure demand for materials is met and deliveries made on time; visits planning can be set up for selected suppliers
- Develop and implement processes and work with suppliers on continuous improvement initiatives

**Your profile and competencies to succeed**:

- Bachelor's degree/National diploma in Logistics or Supply-chain management
- Multi-functional & Multi-cultural communication,
- SAP knowledge appreciated, especially MM module
- Customer orientation / Team spirit / Autonomy

**What we can do for you**:

- At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
- We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
- We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
- We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
- We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
- Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), align