VHR Consultancy Hiring! Full Time Senior Planner in Selangor - Ricebowl

Our Client

Our client is a well-established manufacturing solutions provider supporting high-precision industries through advanced production capabilities, supply chain coordination, and customer-focused delivery execution. The company operates in a fast-paced environment where material readiness, planning discipline, and cross-functional alignment are critical to business performance.

Role Overvie

wThe Senior Planner will be responsible for ensuring material availability to support production execution, customer delivery commitments, and supply continuity. This role requires strong planning discipline, SAP/MRP exposure, inventory control capability, and the ability to manage supply risks, shortages, and production readiness in a dynamic manufacturing environment

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Key Responsibilitie

• s:Analyze Available-to-Promise (ATP), material availability, supply commitments, and demand requirements to validate feasibility before confirming customer demand or forecast requirement
• s.Execute daily MRP exception messages, shortage reports, demand changes, and planning updates to ensure materials are available in line with production schedules and customer delivery commitment
• s.Evaluate demand and supply alignment on a regular basis, updating material requirements plans according to changing priorities, production constraints, supply risks, and customer requirement
• s.Manage daily inventory positions, material allocation, ATP balance, and availability of critical or constrained components to ensure production continuit
• y.Review inventory policies, safety stock levels, buffer strategies, and planning parameters to support demand volatility while maintaining effective inventory contro
• l.Coordinate inventory repositioning actions arising from forecast changes, engineering changes, product lifecycle transitions, and supply constraints to minimize excess and obsolete inventory ris
• k.Track supplier delivery commitments closely and ensure supply timelines are aligned with material requirements, production build plans, and customer delivery prioritie
• s.Drive timely resolution of material shortages by defining recovery plans, following up on action owners, escalating critical risks, and tracking issues to closur
• e.Execute supply mitigation actions such as expediting, de-expediting, alternative sourcing coordination, part substitution, and risk containment to reduce production disruptio
• n.Secure supply for long lead-time items and constrained components based on demand signals, MRP exceptions, supply risk indicators, and production prioritie
• s.Maintain and sustain Clear-to-Build status before production execution to prevent material-related disruption to manufacturing order release and build activitie
• s.Coordinate material constraints, CTB gaps, shortage recovery, and material readiness updates with Production Planning to support proactive production adjustment
• s.Support production prioritization decisions by ensuring constrained materials are allocated according to business priorities, customer commitments, and delivery urgenc
• y.Lead regular execution alignment discussions with relevant stakeholders to provide visibility on material readiness risks affecting production output and delivery performanc
• e.Work closely with procurement, sourcing, internal supply teams, engineering, production, project, sales, and account management teams to ensure supply risks, delivery commitments, and mitigation actions are clearly communicated and execute
• d.Maintain accurate and up-to-date SAP system data, including demand updates, supply commitment status, material availability, engineering changes, and planning adjustment

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Qualificatio

• ns:Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Operations Management, Engineering, or a related discipli
• ne.Diploma holders with strong relevant experience in material planning, supply chain, inventory planning, or production support may also be consider
• ed.Professional certification such as APICS CPIM, CSCP, or other supply chain-related certification will be an added advanta
• ge.Minimum 2 to 5 years of relevant experience in material planning, supply chain planning, inventory management, production planning support, or manufacturing supply coordinati
• on.Prior working experience in a manufacturing environment is required, with exposure to semiconductor, electronics, mechatronics, precision manufacturing, or high-mix production environments preferr
• ed.Strong knowledge of SAP, MRP, ERP systems, ATP, inventory control, material allocation, shortage management, and planning parameter maintenan
• ce.Good analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage supply risks, material shortages, demand changes, and constrained component situatio
• ns.Strong coordination skills with the ability to work across procurement, sourcing, engineering, production, planning, project, sales, and account management tea
• ms.Detail-oriented, structured, and disciplined in follow-up, system updates, data accuracy, and material readiness tracki
• ng.Proficient in Microsoft Excel, data analysis, planning reports, and dashboard tools such as Power BI will be an added advanta
• ge.Able to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where daily execution, urgency, accuracy, and cross-functional communication are critic

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Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be notif