Material Planner

Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader. We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities:

Forvia Interiors is looking for a Material Planner to be based in Portugal, Santa Maria da Feira.

The Central Material Planner/Traffic Scheduler is accountable for:

• Daily execution of the procurement process related to serial materials supply in portfolio;
• Respecting the production schedule, minimum stock levels of the customer plants, and according to Service Levels Agreements (SLA) and agreed Operational Cost (transaction cost);
• Follow-up the execution of the plans, raise and manage alerts when needed;
• Understand and manage risks to minimize impact on production schedule;
• Ensure that platform and plants get the necessary materials and resources to meet production schedule and service delivery goals;
• Manage and optimize transport flows. The scope may include inbound and outbound; road, sea and air; standard; Full Truck Load (FTL), Less than Truck Load (LTL) and Shared Flows;
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the transport organization;
• Participation in working groups with the goal of problem solving and/or ensure process improvements.