Job Description

Company Name

ASTEMO UK, LTD.

Supply Chain

As part of Astemo focusing on world-leading advanced mobility solutions within the fields of electrification, autonomous driving, and connectivity to help reduce environmental damage, decrease traffic accidents, and improve comfort. Together, we contribute to a sustainable society and improved quality of life by providing mobility solutions that satisfy our customers and form the future core of automotive and motorcycle systems. Our people are at the heart of achieving these goals, and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

Let’s make the world a brighter place, become a part of the team and join our Bolton plant now as:

SUPPLY PLANNER

In this role, it is your responsibility to ensure the on-time delivery of materials, maintaining continuous production in line with the site production plan. To effectively manage suppliers balancing inventory targets and stock out risks. You would also be the primary point of contact with suppliers, building key relationships to ensure positive supplier performance. Work within the supply chain team supporting team members with material availability queries.

Key Accountabilities and Activities:

• Delivery

Monitoring Use SAP S/4 Hana to monitor inbound delivery against the planned production.

• Expediting:

Highlight any supply risks and carry out mitigating actions

• Inventory Management:

Work with the supply chain team to achieve inventory KPI’s by pulling forward, delaying or cancelling PO’s as required

• Logistics:

Manage freight partners, resolving issues related to inbound logistics, Log and report express freight costs

• Supplier Management

On board new suppliers, monitor supplier performance

Key Competencies

• Minimum 3 years in a manufacturing environment, preferably high volume automotive.

• Previous experience using SAP S/4 Hana Desirable

• Experience & understanding of global logistics and supply chains.

• Good communicator, especially contacting suppliers using the telephone/email across different cultures.

• Comfortable with contacting senior people at suppliers to control or expedite deliveries.

• Comfortable negotiating with suppliers in relation to expediting or cancellations

• Ability to deal with high pressure situations such as urgent deliveries relating to line stoppages

• Appreciation of manufacturing processes.

• Experience working within an automotive supply chain

• Appreciation of warehousing processes.

• Work positively within a team environment to get the best solution.

• Comfortable running meetings at a team level

• Strong analytical skills

• Good Microsoft excel skills

• PC Literate.

You may, from time to time, be required to carry out any other duties outside of this job description as deemed appropriate by your line manager.

Why Astemo?

At Astemo, we respect each other, never pass the buck and work creatively to accomplish our mission. Our people are given exciting opportunities to develop and grow in a truly international business, where they are proud to be part of a collaborative and innovative team. Diversity & Inclusion is valued to build and leverage an inclusive work environment and embrace diversity to unlock our full potential. We believe that this will give us the strength to drive great innovations to create new values for people, vehicles, and the society, and to unlock our full potential to become a global leader in everything we do.