Material Planning Section Manager, Supply Chain | alfanar Electric

Job Purpose

Material Planning Oversight

• Oversee material planning activities to ensure alignment with production schedules and operational requirements
• Review and approve material requirements based on demand forecasts, production plans, and inventory status
• Ensure timely issuance and accuracy of material requisitions to procurement
• Monitor planning parameters and ensure effective execution of material plans

Inventory Control and Optimization

• Monitor stock levels of raw materials, components, and consumables to prevent shortages and overstocking
• Define and control inventory parameters including safety stock, reorder levels, and coverage targets
• Ensure inventory accuracy in coordination with warehouse teams and resolve discrepancies
• Drive optimization of inventory levels in line with cost and service objectives

Stakeholder Coordination and Issue Resolution

• Coordinate with procurement to ensure timely supplier deliveries aligned with production requirements
• Collaborate with production planning to ensure material availability supports manufacturing schedules
• Liaise with sales, logistics, and quality teams to ensure smooth material flow
• Act as escalation point for material planning issues and resolve cross-functional conflicts

Performance Management and Reporting

• Own section KPIs related to material availability, inventory accuracy, and order fulfillment
• Monitor performance against targets and ensure achievement of defined KPIs
• Prepare and review material planning reports and provide insights to management
• Drive corrective actions to improve planning accuracy and operational performance

Risk Management and Continuity Planning

• Identify risks related to material shortages, supplier delays, and forecast inaccuracies
• Develop and implement mitigation plans including safety stock adjustments and alternative sourcing
• Monitor critical materials and ensure continuity of supply to avoid production disruptions

Team Supervision and Development

• Supervise and guide the material planning team to ensure effective execution of responsibilities
• Allocate tasks, monitor performance, and ensure adherence to planning standards
• Support development of team capabilities and enhance planning knowledge and skills
• Promote best practices and continuous improvement within the team

HR Proficiency

• Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
• Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
• Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination.
• Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results.
• Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.

Responsibility

• Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
• Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them
• Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.

Delivery

• Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
• Making a Tangible Difference:
• Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation. and exceed business expectations.

Business Planning and Performance

• Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
• Able to Plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
• Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.

Organizational Development

• Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
• Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.

Business Process Improvements

• Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.
• Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
• Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.

Quality

• Quality is considered as alfanar’s prime competitive advantage as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.

Adaptation

• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.

Health, Safety and Environment

• Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.
• Academic Qualification Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical EngineeringWork Experience 6 to 10 YearsTechnical / Functional Competencies Materials Flow AnalysisMaterial Requirements Planning (MRP/MRPII)
• Profile description:
• Alfanar is a Saudi company with an international presence, primarily engaged in the manufacturing and trading of a wide variety of low, medium, and high voltage electrical products, in addition to its portfolio of conventional and renewable energy solutions, oil and gas, water treatment, infrastructure, technical services, and digital solutions.
• The hub of alfanar’s manufacturing operations is Medinet alfanar Alsinaiya, a 700,000 square-meter complex located in Riyadh.
• The complex houses an array of ultra-modern manufacturing facilities and laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and staffed with highly skilled professionals.
• alfanar derives its success from its commitment to providing the highest quality standards to its customers, and the continuous development of its human capital, who alfanar considers its most valuable asset.
• With this in mind, alfanar promotes a proactive work environment where its employees are always valued, nurtured, and empowered to fuel their pride in being part of alfanar.
• For more information about alfanar, please visit alfanar.com