Job Description

Job Purpose

The Material Follow-Up Specialist ensures the timely and complete delivery of materials, parts, and assemblies from local/overseas suppliers to the manufacturing plant. This role focuses on monitoring supplier performance, coordinating shipments, and ensuring adequate inventory levels to meet production demands.

Job Role

Key Functional Responsibilities

Monitor Supplier Performance:

• Track and document any issues or delays from suppliers.
• Communicate promptly with suppliers to resolve shipment problems.
• Maintain a detailed log of supplier performance for ongoing analysis and improvement.

Expedite Shipments:

• Coordinate/arrange urgent shipments when necessary.
• Inform relevant teams about expected delivery times for expedited shipments.
• Monitor shipment updates/statuses in the SAP and TMS, including Estimated Dates of Arrival (EDAs) and Estimated Times of Arrival (ETAs).
• Participate in root cause analysis for issues resulted to premium transportation.

Maintain Inventory Records:

• Ensure accurate inventory levels are maintained in the SAP system by min/max evaluation.
• Monitor results of inventory counts and discrepancies.

Resolve Supplier Issues:

• Identify and communicate any problems with suppliers, such as shipping errors, labelling issues, or scheduling conflicts, and documentations issues.
• Collaborate with suppliers to quickly resolve these issues and prevent recurrence.
• Escalation of the issues based on the five alarms process.

Support Production Requirements:

• Follow up on the status of materials, parts, and assemblies to ensure timely arrival.
• Communicate the status of critical parts to the relevant teams and stakeholders.
• Support engineering changes, build-out/start-up/launch planning, and manufacturing validation builds.

Participate in Meetings:

• Attend daily operations meetings to discuss material-related concerns and updates.