Senior Material Planner with German

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, 74,000 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 Material Planner with German in Cluj-Napoca, Romania we're looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your supply chain expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You'll report to GPC Cluster/Country Team Lead, Cluj-Napoca, and work alongside passionate and dedicated teammates.

You'll manage the Alstom's portfolio of external suppliers for ensuring goods delivery at right time to ensure production continuity. Day-to-day, you'll work closely with teams across the business (procurement, logistics and project teams), anticipating and managing risks by ensuring the accuracy of stock in compliance with stock and logistic constraints, and much more.

You'll specifically take care of expressing delivery needs to suppliers, but also monitor Supplier's performances KPI's while putting in place corrective actions.

We'll look to you for:

• Follow up deliveries and ensure the availability of goods for Alstom projects;
• Participate/lead to Supplier's performances improvement (animation);
• Create the Material Planning documents (Call-off, Schedule Agreement) & respective Source List;
• Identify priorities associated with risk/impact anticipation and set up recovery actions;
• Maintain a routine with Suppliers in order to check the status of deliveries;
• Analyse and manage MRP (Material Requirement/Resource Planning) exception messages and anticipate supply problems (backlogs, shortages, no demand);
• Maintain delivery dates in ERP system;
• Track missing parts until stock availability;
• Ensure non-conformities replacement;
• Resolve Receiving issues (overstock, shortage, damage, documentation, etc.).

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 level qualification;
• Good knowledge of procurement and supply chain;
• 1-3 years' experience in a relevant position;
• Experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP;
• Fluency in English and German;
• Good communication, collaboration and analytical skills, initiative and autonomy;
• Ability to work in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment;
• Ability to manage and prioritize own workload.

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:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines;
• Be part of a large team with over 800 professionals in HR, Finance and Procurement & Supply Chain;
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues;
• Utilise our Agile, Responsible and Inclusive working environment;
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries;
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning (Access to Alstom University and Alstom Learning Program);
• Professional Development Plan - we offer great opportunities to develop yourself within the company;
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential (Competitive Salary and Meal Vouchers, Flexible Benefits at your choice - on top of your salary, Holiday Bonuses (Easter, Christmas), Employee Loyalty Bonus, Reimbursement of telework expenses - for amount of days worked from home, Additional Bonuses - referral bonuses, new-born bonus, discounts);
• Entitle to comprehensive and competitive social coverage (Life and Accident Insurance, Private medical subscription at Regina Maria and Private Pension);
• Work-life balance - we offer flexible working hours and a hybrid model of work (Working from Home 3 days/week) and 25 days of annual leave;
• Be part of our Social Corporate Responsibilities initiatives (Social events, Humanitarian Actions).

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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 70+ countries we operate in. We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.