Material Planner

Req ID:477920

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time hybrid Material Planner in Saint-Bruno, QC, CA we're looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your comprehensive supply chain and planning expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You'll work alongside dedicated, collaborative, and innovative teammates. You'll deploy advanced tools to enable material management across sites and express delivery needs to suppliers, ensuring the smooth operation of our transport solutions. Day-to-day, you'll work closely with teams across the business (Supply Chain, Procurement, Production, and Project Management), manage inventory levels and excess stock, and much more.

We'll look to you for:

• Deploying tools to enalbe material management across sites

• Expressing delivery needs to Suppliers using the dedicated tools including managing the stocking policy and Material Master Data

• Managing inventory level and excess stock

• Monitoring Supplier's performances KPI's & participate/lead Supplier's performances improvementManaging inventory level and excess stock

• Perform and implement tools for below tasks
  • Internal suppliers: Manage Purchase Requisition until Material Planning documents creation*
  • External suppliers: Follow up with Procurement the Purchase Requisition level maturity for launching Material Planning documents, manage purchase order, when applicable *
  • Ensure and update the accuracy of material planning master data (in compliance with stock and logistic constraints) *
  • Communicate the Material documents to Suppliers and follow Suppliers confirmation
  • Analyze Suppliers confirmations vs. Alstom needs and evaluate the risk/impact anticipation on production/projects
  • Identify priorities associated with risk/impact anticipation and set up recovery actions
  • Organize and maintain regular reviews with Suppliers in order to check the status of deliveries and their delivery performances
  • Analyze and manage MRP exception messages and anticipate supply problems (backlogs, shortages, no demand…).
  • Maintain delivery dates in ERP
  • Track missing parts until stock availability
  • Ensure non-conformities replacement & repair process
  • Resolve Goods Receipts issues with the applied means of communication (overstock, shortage, damage, documentation, quantity mismatch, Invoices, etc.)
  • Analyze and share deliveries performances KPI's with different stakeholders (Internal & External)
  • Collaborate with Material Planning Management/SDPM to validate worst Suppliers and define appropriate action plan
  • Contribute (when involved) to Supplier's Light Capability Assessment (LSCA)
  • Contribute to new business risk assessments and mitigation action plan
  • *Applicable in line with GSI deployment roadmap

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That's why we don't expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we've listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or Supply Chain

• Experience with ERPs, Supply Chain concepts, processes continuous improvement, English

• SAP experience (desirable)

• Supply Chain certification (desirable)

• Local language (desirable)

Competencies & Skills needed (technical & behavioral)

• Materials requirements planning
• Supplier Delivery Performance Management
• Inventory management & Material Planning techniques
• Industrial scheduling
• Transport & Distribution
• Supply Chain information systems
• Data analytics
• Procurement
• Project Management Basics
• Entrepreneurship
• Agility
• Collaboration

Things you'll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey - the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You'll also:

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues,

• Work with cutting-edge supply chain management tools and processes to deploy material management across sites,

• Progress towards becoming a key player in material logistics, ensuring efficient and sustainable transport networks,

• Utilise our dynamic working environment to foster continuous improvement and innovation in material planning and supplier performance management,

• Contribute to innovative projects,

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries,

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning,

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don't need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you'll be proud. If you're up for the challenge, we'd love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we're an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.