Planning Specialist (m/w/d)

The ams OSRAM culture focuses on variety and innovation.

A more than motivating working atmosphere, combined with attractive training opportunities and performance-oriented compensation encourage our employees’ actions and promote their entrepreneurial spirit. An agile mindset, trust and integrity – for us at ams OSRAM, these values are not just empty promises, but an integral part of our corporate culture that we live every day. In fact, these are the key prerequisites for employees to fulfill even the highest requirements. Learn more about what you can expect from us!

What we expect

The Planning Specialist role involves inventory planning, production planning, forecasting, customer service, and purchasing activities.

In this role, you will plan and control inventory to meet the company's sales and distribution demand. This includes analyzing inventory levels, inventory positioning, planned production and sales forecasts.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing production plans for Molding, Stamping, and Hand Pack departments, based on customer requirements.
• Optimizing and forecasting inventory levels of raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods.
• Using SAP, create production orders, process material movement transactions, and reconcile discrepancies.
• Responsible for traffic/warehouse activities, including in/outbound trucking, international export, and intercompany transfer.
• Extensive interaction with customer purchasing and scheduling departments.

In addition to the Planning Specialist duties, this position will also include purchasing responsibilities:

• Procurement of raw materials to support the Molding, Stamping, and Hand Pack departments
• Management of raw material delivery schedules to meet production demand while maximizing inventory turns.
• This position will be involved with material contract negotiations, supported by global Commodity Business Managers.
• Annual vendor performance ratings
• Various purchasing reporting activities
• Resolution of pricing discrepancies and accounts payable issues.

Who we are looking for

Bringing intelligence to light and passion to innovation

The ams OSRAM Group is a global leader in intelligent sensors and emitters. By adding intelligence to light and passion to innovation, we enrich peoples' lives. Our around 20,000 employees worldwide focus on innovation across sensing, illumination and visualization to make journeys safer, medical diagnoses more accurate and daily moments in communication a richer experience.