Material Planner

Introduction
This is your chance to join a world-leading company in sustainable power solutions. Volvo Penta is a global supplier of engines and complete drive systems for marine and industrial applications. As a part of our team, you’ll be working with a diverse group of highly skilled professionals who enjoy what they do and appreciate our culture, benefits, diversity and development opportunities. At Volvo Penta we believe that high performance comes from employee engagement and having fun at work.


Position description
As a material planner in the Vara plant you will be responsible for the procurement of material based on proposals from our MRP-system. You will also be responsible for monitoring potential material shortages as well as sending delivery plans to the suppliers. Another important part of your role will be to participate and contribute on team meetings, work with continuous improvements, and develop your suppliers and processes.
You will provide a high level of customer service by ensuring parts are ordered and delivered on-time to meet production's build requirements. You will give regular, accurate and timely feedback to relevant stakeholders on delivery issues. In our MRP-system you will verify and secure correct parameter settings and master data. You are also expected to participate in development projects as well as support new product introductions and major changes to a product.


About you
You have a few years of experience from procurement or production planning in a manufacturing company. It is an advantage if you have a university degree within logistics or supply chain.
You need to be fluent in Swedish and English and have a clear customer focus combined with high responsiveness. It is important that you have strong analytical skills, the ability to be proactive and to take your own initiatives. Preferably you also have experience from MRP systems and transport bookings. You feel at home in excel and with IT systems in general.


To be successful in this position you need to be service minded, well organized and have excellent communication and networking skills. But most of all you are a true team player, and you contribute with good team spirit.


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