Materials Planner

Transguard Group was established in 2001 and has diversified significantly, we lead in the fields of Cash Services, Security Services, Manpower Services, Facilities Management & Aviation. Transguard Group is the UAE’s most trusted business support and outsourcing provider and has a large, dynamic, and culturally diverse workforce with 50,000 employees! We are currently recruiting for a Materials Planner for our trusted client to be based out of Dubai.

Purpose-

As Materials Planner, you will organize and execute the processes necessary to fulfill customer requirements within assigned region. Acts as the voice of the customer when requesting prioritization for supply chain planning.

Responsibilities-

• Analyzing incoming demand, identifies order exceptions, and supports region on supply plant realignment and delivery commitments.
• Planning and scheduling order timelines to be consistent with customer requirements while minimizing inventory and shipping costs.
• Prioritizing and communicating customer requirements to logistics teams for physical processing and final shipment details.
• Performing various shipping management analysis to prevent or reduce delays on material availability dates, aged shipment status or past due deliveries.
• Collaborating between multiple teams including purchasing, warehouse, production, and logistics to establish the optimal timing for supply commitments.
• Identifying ways to simplify and improve processes as a part of a continuous improvement culture.
• Organizing reports to provide regions updates on performance and opportunities for improvement.

• APICS Certification
• Associate degree in Supply Chain or related field or equivalent experience (2+ years’ experience)
• Experience in inventory or order management, customer service, shipping, or logistics
• Ability to prioritize and then manage multiple requests at once with a CAN-DO approach
• Demonstrate working knowledge of SAP and MRP functionality
• Basic understanding of excel macros and template utilization.
• Fluency in English (German would be nice!)
• Effective problem identification and solution skills.
• Proven analytical and organizational ability.
• Energetic with affinity for the learning and knowing the details to remove barriers to success
• Passion for creative problem solving
• Willingness to challenge but not offend when driving change
• Tactical execution with a sense of urgency

 
This position profile indicates in general the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other essential functions expected of an employee. An employee may be asked to perform other duties as required which are within the scope, spirit, and purpose of the position profile. The employee shall also adhere to TRANSGUARD’S information security policies and procedures and the policies and procedures applicable to their area of responsibility.