Logistic Specialist Material Planning

**LOGISTIC SPECIALIST MATERIAL PLANNING**

Location El Salto, Jalisco
**Pacesetting. Passionate. Together.** HELLA is a listed, internationally positioned automotive supplier operating under the umbrella brand FORVIA. Within this de facto group, HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and automotive electronics. At the same time, the Company covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special-purpose vehicles with its Lifecycle Solutions business group. HELLA has around 36,000 employees at more than 125 locations worldwide and generated consolidated sales of € 6.3 billion in the fiscal year 2021/2022.

**YOUR TASKS**

**Job Objective**
- Checking complex requirement notices regarding the quantities, dates and descriptions with the support of the
system in clearly defined contexts. Planning, controlling and monitoring complex deliveries of a comprehensive range of purchased parts according to requirements and schedule.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

**A Material Planning**
- Checking complex requirement notices regarding the quantities, dates and descriptions with the support of the system.
- Defining and guaranteeing economical order quantities according to given planning rules.
- Updating logistics material master data, taking into account defined targets (e.g. safety stock level) for
purchased parts in agreement with internal posts.
- Checking safety stock levels, batch sizes, lead times and correcting the stored data.
- Responsibility for the stock levels of a complex parts spectrum.
- Involvement in the optimization of the supply chain within the context of departmental specifications.
- Carrying out complex stock management for a restricted area of responsibility.
- Taking part in or carrying out coordination meetings with internal posts.
- Planning, controlling and monitoring complex deliveries of a comprehensive range of purchased parts according to requirements and schedule.
- Controlling and monitoring component allocation for external production, considering the required quantity
and time.
- Central contact person for material planning processes and logístical supplier management in the plant.
- Execution of training measures and knowledge transfer of standardized material planning processes to the purchase parts planner and supervisors in the plant.
- Creation of regular analyzes of material master data, incl. stock values and stock ranges, corrections
according to standard specifications.
- Measurement and monitoring to achieve targets.
- First level support for purchase parts planner in plant.
- Triggering orders and deadline inquiries.
- Monitoring delivery dates (deadline follow-up, guarantee), involving the internal posts responsible.

In difficult deadline situations, initiating escalation if necessary
- Preparing complex solution measures in the event of supply bottlenecks in cooperation with internal posts,
suppliers and the superior if necessary.
- Checking incoming order confirmations, clarifying differences in agreement with internal posts and supplier.
- Coordinating complex on-schedule provision of parts and/or materials between the suppliers and internal
posts, as well as monitoring the provision, consumption and return of the provided parts for external production if appropriate.
- Processing the incoming goods journal, clarification in the event of excess deliveries or changes in schedule, whether value data or return, initiating logistic escalation if necessary.
- System-related set-up and permanent monitoring of supplier consignment stores.
- Preparing and carrying out logistics-supplier meetings with regard to deadline and quantity problems, as
well as involvement in respective supplier evaluations.
- Processing differences in invoices (quantity differences) on the accounts payable side.
- Monitoring Kanban control loops incl. determining all the necessary master and movement data with the
aim of realizing the prescribed availability at low stock levels.
- Taking over planning responsibility for items before SOP.
- Involvement in projects concerning process changes, participating in sourcing committees and
guaranteeing implementation according to the derived measures.
- Monitoring and being responsible for the stocktaking of the materials provided by suppliers.
- Training and support of the purchase parts planner to fulfill the required tasks according to work routines.
- First level support for purchase parts planner in plant and central contact for material planning processes
and logistics supplier management.
- Regular analyzes and, if necessary, corrections of scheduling relevant master data for the procurement of
materials.
- Analyze potential for optimization in procurement processes and start the realization by taking into account
the standard processes.
- Support the project team in the I2P phase regarding the material planning processes.
- Documentation and configuration of mate