Specialist, Direct Material Planner

Pandora Production Co., Ltd. (Prawet)

Prawet

Bangkok, Thailand

Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora is a global jewellery company known for its hand-finished and contemporary jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora is producing its unique jewellery solely in Thailand. In 2017, Pandora's total revenue was DKK 22.8 billion. With 117 million pieces of jewellery crafted in Thailand in 2017 to be sold in more than 100 countries on six continents through around 7,800 points of sale, Pandora PRODUCTION THAILAND (PPT), the crafting facilities in Thailand, is recognised as the world's largest jewellery manufacturer by the production volume. Pandora has been manufacturing its jewellery in Thailand since 1989 when Per Enevoldsen, Pandora's founder and a goldsmith by trade, set up the foundation for the company's crafting facilities in Bangkok.

About this position

Imagine being responsible for the direct material planning for the world’s largest jewellery brand. If you love solving challenges with your superb material planning skill, then you might be our next Specialist, Direct Materials Planner at Pandora Crafting & Supply.

Responsibilities

• Material and Production Planning
• Manage supply of direct materials to ensure the availability and readiness according to the timeline.
• Analyze direct materials, production schedules, and inventory levels to create effective material plans to production each direct materials category.
• Coordinating with master production scheduling teams to align material availability with production schedules.
• Collaborate with materials buyers team and stakeholders to ensure on-time materials delivery, prioritization and prevent production delays.
• Implementing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of materials management processes.

• Demand and Supply Analysis
• Collaborate with Group supply chain to understand demand patterns and fluctuations.
• Adjust material plans based on changes in demand and production schedules.
• Generate purchase plan for materials based on MRP result and requirements.
• Collaborate with material buyers for material supply plan such as weekly requirement and pull in plan.

• Inventory Management
• Monitor and maintain optimal inventory levels to meet production and demand including day to day operations on materials transfer and allocation to sites.
• Implement inventory control measures to minimize excess or obsolete stock.
• Coordinating with logistics and warehouse team on the transportation and distribution of materials to each production site.

• Risk Management
• Identify and escalate potential risks in the supply chain, such as shortages or delays, and develop contingency plans.
• Mitigate risks through strategic planning and collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business Administration, Statistics, or any similar fields.
• A minimum 3 years of working experience in material and production planning.
• Business experience in Planning and understanding E2E process.
• Quick learning and capable to work under high agile and pressure environment.
• Able to work with multi-function and managing multi tasks.
• Efficiency on communication skill and capability.
• Flexible and Effective on Problem Solving.
• Accountabilities, independence, and stakeholder management skills are essential.
• Negotiation and analytical skills
• Detail oriented.