Senior Material Planning Engineer

SFA Elektromekanik Elek. San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.

• Excellent command of oral and written English.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or related field is required.
• Master’s degree is a plus.
• Very good command of SAP (MM, PP, SD modules) and MS Office applications.
• Inventory management experience beside the other tasks.
• +5 years of work experience in supply chain planning, , flow controller (upstream), material/production planning.
• +5 years of experience with SAP.
• Knowledge of planning and procurement operations at the plants (forecasting, procurement, production order planning).
• Change management and communication skills.
• Strong data analysis skills. Ability to balance a workload while working on multiple priorities.
• Listening, negotiation, decision making, problem solving.
• High energy and self-motivated
• Data driven and resulted oriented.
• Hands on approach to problem solving. 

What will you do?

• Material Planning / Scheduling manufacturing processes of MV Switchgears, and components
• Releases purchase requisitions (PR) through SAP in alignment with procurement requirements (based on ERP and standard operation procedures) and according with release strategy and table of authorities.
• Support and provide an optimal inventory level based on the forecast, demand variation, and material lead times.
• Participate in project meetings with project team and customer (if required) for program review and audit.
• Work with key stakeholders to identify and understand their needs and create/validate End to End Process Flows for manufacturing plants.
• Prepare master programming including planning master data and stock turnover scenarios.
• Establishing and monitoring of the sales order manufacturing & delivery plan, manages urgencies to guarantee timely deliveries.
• Monitoring and tracking key process indicators (KPI), evaluating the process risks, and initiating necessary actions.
• Minimizes the late backlog, proactively identifies root causes and recovery plans.Reviews overdue purchase orders, alerting procurement team to establish revised dates and update the ERP. Notifies appropriate departments of any significant delays.

About SFA ELECTRIC;

SFA Electric is an entity of Alfanar Group located in Ankara Turkey. Alfanar is primarily engaged in manufacturing electrical construction products, EPC solutions for conventional and renewable power plants, allied engineering services and design engineering. We have built up an international presence throughout much of the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe with more than 20.000 employees.

Working conditions

• Managing and collaborating on site, 8:15 to 17:00 working hours in weekdays
• Tight deadlines and multiple priorities, requiring decisive decision making in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently in a competitive work environment.