Supply Chain Supervisor (Materials Planning) - Tanger

Job Overview

Drives end-to-end supply chain management and manages the flow of goods and resources to ensure critical processes run effectively to achieve organizational goals and key performance indicators.

Your main tasks

• Act as a leader, coach, and mentor for the Materials Planning team (Material Planning Supervisors, Master Production Scheduler, Production Scheduler, Warehouse Coordinator, etc.).
• Oversee short-term Master Production Scheduling (0–3 months frozen horizon) using the IBP RapidResponse tool, aligned with the established S&OP (SIOP) process calendar.
• Analyze, together with the MPS, the plant’s value stream load (machines, tooling, labor, recovery hours) over the short- to medium-term planning horizon (weeks 3–13), escalate critical work centers with Demand and ISC teams, and propose resource allocations based on customer demand fluctuations.
• Monitor and analyze purchase orders and material scheduling agreements (purchased parts, raw materials, semi-finished and/or manufactured parts) to support customer demand while maintaining inventory targets.
• Review standard work procedures and ensure the team acts on system exception codes/messages (e.g., 10, 15, and 20) related to planned purchase orders or pending approvals.
• Monitor Control Tower meeting performance, shop floor execution, and backlog reporting with the planning team to maintain high delivery performance metrics and prevent overdue customer orders.
• Conduct monthly reviews of excess and obsolete inventory and ensure proper disposition procedures are followed.
• Perform monthly analysis of safety stock levels to respond to changing sales trends and customer demand.
• Identify improvement opportunities and implement preventive and corrective actions within the supply chain organization.
• Work closely with the procurement team to assess supplier capacity and improve supplier performance.
• Follow the appropriate escalation process to promptly communicate any situation that may jeopardize normal business performance.
• Support inventory integration and materials planning as a collaborative effort between Materials, Operations, and Finance to achieve KPIs and On-Time Delivery (STR).
• Support the Value Stream Manager (VSM) and Plant Manager in achieving performance objectives, including delivery (STR), inventory value, and cost reduction/avoidance.
• Act as a cross-functional liaison to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Perform tasks according to Standard Work to ensure job responsibilities are executed as planned.
• Support TEOA Lean Manufacturing initiatives (e.g., Value Stream Mapping, Pull Flow, Inventory Reduction) and ensure assigned actions are completed.

Your ideal background

• Degree in Business Administration / Supply Chain Management.
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in Supplier Planning & Supply Chain.
• Minimum 2 years managing a team.
• General knowledge of plant operations, harness making processes, and manufacturing operations, preferably within the automotive industry.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong knowledge of planning processes, including MRP, MPS, and S&OP/SIOP.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Self-organized, structured/methodical, takes initiative.
• Strong customer focus.
• Excellent SAP & Process Knowledge.