Master Planner

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!

OPmobility is a world-leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. Innovation-driven since its creation, the Group develops and produces intelligent exterior systems, customized complex modules, lighting systems, clean energy systems and electrification solutions for all mobility companies. With a €11.4 billion economic revenue in 2023, a global network of 152 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to meet the challenges of transforming mobility.

Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow’s clean and connected car.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process, ensuring alignment between customer demand, production capacity, inventory targets, and business objectives.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize the Master Production Schedule (MPS) to ensure material availability, production continuity, delivery performance, and efficient resource utilization.
• Oversee material planning, inventory control, and supplier performance to support uninterrupted production operations while driving cost efficiency and maintaining optimal inventory levels.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Materials Planning team, ensuring effective resource utilization and fostering a culture of accountability, operational discipline, and continuous improvement.
• Manage raw material planning and inventory control to maintain optimal stock levels, minimizing excess and obsolete inventory while ensuring accurate management of materials in transit.
• Drive site capacity planning activities, balancing customer demand, production capabilities, labor availability, and operational constraints.
• Ensure accuracy and governance of master data, including key planning parameters such as MOQ, Lead Times, Goods Receipt Times (GRT), Safety Stock, and MRP-related settings.
• Utilize SAP, primarily the PP (Production Planning) module, while supporting integrated supply chain processes through MM (Materials Management) and SD (Sales & Distribution) modules.
• Manage and interpret customer EDI schedules, including DELFOR and DELJIT, ensuring accurate demand translation into production and material plans.
• Lead supplier performance reviews and escalation processes to resolve supply issues, mitigate risks, and ensure operational continuity.
• Drive inventory and cost optimization initiatives, including premium freight reduction, expedited shipment control, and working capital improvement.
• Define and maintain safety stock strategies that balance customer service, production stability, and inventory investment.
• Lead supplier claims management activities to recover costs and improve supplier accountability.
• Develop advanced planning reports, dashboards, KPIs, and capacity analyses using SAP and advanced Excel tools.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives across planning, procurement, inventory management, and supply chain processes.

Required Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Logistics, or a related field.
• Proven experience in Master Planning, Materials Planning, or Supply Chain Planning within the automotive industry.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with SIOP/S&OP, Master Production Scheduling (MPS), and capacity planning.
• Advanced SAP experience, primarily in PP, with working knowledge of MM and SD modules.
• Experience managing MRP parameters, material master data, inventory strategies, and planning processes.
• Solid understanding of EDI releases (DELFOR and DELJIT).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills for analysis, reporting, and planning.
• Fully bilingual English and Spanish.
• Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

As a responsible company, OPmobility pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.

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