Global Vendor Planner

Garrett Advancing Motion is the true pioneer of automotive powertrain technologies dating back more than 60 years. It continues today as the world’s leader in technology solutions for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and off- highway equipment. Garrett supplies technology to nearly all major automakers in addition to the global aftermarket under the Garrett brand name. As a result, unlike many other OEM or supplier organizations, Garrett Advancing Motion has visibility across a broad range of OEM’s and Tier 1 suppliers. 

Main role in ensuring seamless logistics and planning activities, acting as point of contact between cross functions and stakeholders, ensuring materials are well scheduled, evaluated and accurately delivered on time, every time. Using agility and ability to cover customer demand, to solve escalations and achieve metrics, and help with improving processes and drive inventory targets.

Responsibilities:

• Supply Planning
  • Responsible of Supplier Weekly planning process on the specific suppliers portfolio; 
  • Responsible for suppliers delivery follow up (ASN, short shipment, over deliveries, recovery plan). 
  • Responsible for E2E supplier planning activities for full planning horizontal, covering CTB •Support for all plants on components planning & execution for assigned suppliers portfolio. 
  • Creation of COPQ and work with Supply base to recover the cost. 
  • Maintains the planning parameters in accordance with global replenishment rules, plant and inventory strategies. 
  • Drives continuous improvements on planning process in order to keep in target inventory. 
    • Coordinates with team analyzing RCCP short/mid term on monthly basis checking if supplier capacity is in line with actual shipments from suppliers.
    • Supports VE and RE initiatives, PIPO, transition and last time buy projects with Supply Base department. 
    • Supports NPI projects - checking on weekly basis new parts schedules and pipelines. 

• Supplier Development 

  • Supports supplier logistic development in the region and support negotiating and signing logistic protocols with suppliers. 

  • Following and driving actions to improve Supplier OTTR metric (including OPD approvals/rejections) of suppliers portfolio. 

  • Support for the supplier SIOP implementation and deployment. 

  • Offers input for the supplier scorecard, weekly updates and follow up. 

• Health, Security, Environment

  • Performs the activity in accordance with own experience, knowledge and work instructions of the role, in a specific manner in which no person is exposed to accidents or professional illnesses. 

  • Immediately informs the manager about any work situation which has reason to consider it a threat to the safety and health of workers, as well as any deficiency of protection systems. 

  • Informs the manager about the accidents suffered at work. 

  • Cooperates, as long as it is necessary, with the employer and/or with the assigned workers, to enable the employer to ensure that the work environment and the working conditions are safe and without risks for their safety and health, in its field of activity. 

• GEM

  • Employee must respect, follow and support implementation of all GEM standards (6 Mains GEM Elements: 5S, Kaizen, RPS, Standard Work, TPM, 7 Waste + BIQ a Visual Management).

  • Support and actively use digitization tools and automatic reporting. 

  • Participate on continuous process improvement through Kaizen, KE and TKE (Improvement ideas). 

• Other Requirements

  • Employee must respect and follow all requirements of other internal Garrett procedures, which influence their stated working activities. 

  • Employee performs other tasks according with company needs and links with job. 

Basic Qualifications:

• University degree in engineering or economics, or related field. 

• Minimum 5 years working experience with MRP, SAP (MM) or ERP systems. 

• Minimum 3 years supply chain experience - supply planning, production planning, SIOP. 

Additional Qualifications:

• Strong and Effective communicator at multi-levels of organization (Verbal and written) – can adapt to the audience and be precise, accurate and on time. 

• Strong team player and able to work in a matrixed environment. 

• Customer focused and strong decision-making skills. 

• Responsible to deliver on commitments and to meet targets and deadlines. 

• Organized and pays attention to details. 

• Cooperation with cross functional teams. 

• Understands Sales, Inventory & Operations Plan reports & analysis. 

• Work well under pressure. 

• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point), SAP, LMS, O9, processes (Demand & supplier planning, SIOP, MPS, BOM, MRP). 

• Problem solving skills being able to provide solution. 

• Results driven – clear eye on the goal and able to be creative to deliver what is needed in timely manner. 

Garrett is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.

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