Planner III

Join our team and help shape the future of connectivity indoors and outdoors. Together, let's push the boundaries of technology and advance sustainable networks worldwide.

 

How You'll Help Us Connect the World:

As a Planner, you will ensure correct and smooth movement of the material from suppliers to Site (R&D lab & Pilot line) and support manufacturing process to complete customers' orders and Development Proto build and Pilot build more efficiently. The primary goal of this role Planner In R&D is a critical leadership role in ensuring timely execution of New Product Development (NPD) projects by driving end-to-end material planning, cross-functional alignment, and Material risk management. This role will be based in Verna, Goa.

This candidate will balance contending objectives to improve Processes, Material LT, cost reduction with Intelligent material planning tactics to reduce the overall Spend in R&D department, additionally also reduce supply chain costs, and optimize working capital.

 

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Participating and working as a Project Planning lead in R&D project for successful completion of development Projects.
• Lead the Planning Team for smooth functioning on daily activities and strive to take the department to the next level by continuously improving the process.
• Building, maintaining, and communicating long lead parts requirement, stocking plan to ensure smooth running of Project in R&D department.
• Collaborating with the following cross-functional teams during Project execution to ensure material availability for project starts to completion: Project manager, Mechanical Engineer, Radio frequency Engineer, Buyer, Process Engineer, global and local cross functional operations team suppliers, Product line Managers, Demand Planner, Procurement and finance team.
• Analyzing and maintaining inventory levels as per usage history of the material.
• Partnering with Engineering/Project Managers/Procurement and PLM to support speed-to-market initiatives for NPI activities.
• Leading excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory management activities.
• Taking initiate in Continues Improvement activities in planning and overall process Improvement.
• Using corporate ERP system (SAP), and Inhouse tracker, collaborating with R&D Project team, create material planning for the associated development Projects, work with Buyer and External supplier to ensure material is planned and delivered as per the requirement of Project in R&D for various commodities.
• Working with Lab and Pilot team to ensure material is issued and build commences as per Project commitment
• Ensuring Stocking plans in place based on consumption and forecast, Co-ordinate and work with CFT team to qualify the new parts to finally set the source for regular production and MRP transfer to production planner
• Working with Local and Global procurement teams to resolve any supply issues resulting in delays delivering Customer critical Project, Technology development Projects, customer samples, special request from Counterpart R&D organization
• Using Material tracker and management tools to keep the team in sync from drawing release to receipt of parts
• Working with Project plan to meet master schedule needs of the Project Liaising with Shipping Agents regarding imports of Air and Ocean Freight cost, delivery schedules and requests.
• Lesioning with counterparts SUZ R&D team to plan material for Project balancing requirement of cost and delivery.
• Collaborating with other functional areas to improve planning processes, including Material tracking, supplier follow-up, Material issuance, Pilot material FA clearance, source setting, BOM cost update in SAP etc.
• Processing RTS /PR /PO for any R&D equipment used, repair, processing, co-ordination, and delivery.
• Investigating possible alternative uses of excess and slow-moving stock to reduce and eliminate this specific area of inventory and optimize usage of material.
• Monthly reporting and Improvement initiative in Planning department.

 

Required Qualifications for Consideration:

• Bachelors in related curriculum such as Engineering
• Preferably 8-10 Years of similar Planning & production experience in a high volume/mix manufacturing environment, ideally filter parts to meet needs, minimum 3 years' experience leading a team.
• Minimum 2-3 years of SAP (MM) / ERP hands on experience in Material Planning

 

You Will Excite Us If You Have:

• Analytical skills to track, monitor, drive decisions and execute material planning and delivery.
• Experience and skills in understanding and interacting with CFT team, suppliers, Engineering Team
• Accurate, decisive, data-driven abilities, to deliver commitments in a complex tight-schedule projects.
• Good effective communication skills in English language
• Strong PC skills required (Excel & MS Office) required.
• Extensive experience with ERP, SAP.
• Advance excel knowledge
• Experience in Power BI, VB

 

Why ANDREW?

Explore exciting career opportunities at ANDREW, part of the Amphenol family. With a legacy of over 85 years in wireless innovation, we empower mobile operators and enterprises with cutting-edge solutions.

ANDREW, an Amphenol company, is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. ANDREW offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that our company is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

ANDREW is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin

For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.andrew.com/