Materials Control Analyst (Automotive) Featured job

Posted time 27th January 2025 Location Port Elizabeth Job type Full-time
  • Experience: 3 to 5 years materials control experience in an automotive sector
  • Salary: R negotiable

Material Control Analyst

Our international automotive OEM produces vehicles in various countries and delivers them to customers in more than hundreds of markets worldwide.  Become part of it and help develop new solutions with your curiosity and ideas. You can expect a diverse team that supports you and with whom you can grow together and develop your potential. They are looking to fill the Material Control Analyst position in the Logistics Department based in Kariega

Job Summary

To ensure the sufficient and timeous supply of Quality CKD & Direct Purchase components to production, in the most economical manner to meet our customer demands as well as our Company’s objectives towards quality, costs and schedules.

Key Responsibilities

  • Controlling inventory namely, shortages, surplus, potential obsolescence and production run out.
  • Ordering parts and determine best possible solution to part shortage problems.
  • Managing Engineering Changes.
  • Controlling the budget of key performance items i.e. airfreight costs, SV costs, road haulage costs, inventory value management and claims management.
  • Analyzing daily critical parts report to identify potential production shortages.
  • Initiating stock count requests against parts which have not been recently stock counted and/or where stock base appears incorrect.
  • Analyzing packing data files to ensure that stock receipts are in accordance with CKD order volumes.
  • Calculating stock balancing quantities and place SV stock replenishment orders with consideration of airfreight costs.
  • Liaising and following up with expeditors to ensure that stock for Production arrives on time.
  • Liaising with the Logistics service provider and Expediting Officer to expedite containers timeously.
  • Identifying potential obsolete stock and initiate deviations through Product Engineering to exhaust surplus stock.
  • Monitoring and controlling stock movement against run out ECR to minimize obsolescence.
  • Ensure accurate and stable forecasting of volumes that will be released via the VDA on the day of transmission

Qualification & Experience required

  • National Diploma or Degree in Logistics/ Purchasing/Materials/Inventory Management
  • Minimum of 3 years Materials/Inventory related experience in the Automotive Industry
  • 1-2 years’ SAP Systems experience, R3 production, controlled Warehousing environment
  • Basic understanding of the logistics concept and production systems
  • Computer literacy i.e. Microsoft Office Package (Excel advanced & PowerPoint advanced), automotive production Systems
  • Strong communication skills
  • Analytically minded and a systematic individual with tenacious ability to resolve Problems

If interested kindly submit your application to tsholo@boikagogroup.co.za by 31 January 2025

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