Material Planner

**Material Planner**:
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**This position reports to**:
Planning & Fulfillment Manager

**Your role and responsibilities**:
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be responsible for end-to-end planning of inventory including sales in excess of invoicing from purchase requisition to customer invoice; support internal customer service inquiries; set inventory parameters (MRP), support organization in reaching inventory targets, and ensure adequate replenishment of inventory through purchase orders. Contribute to cross-functional initiatives for optimizing customer on-time delivery, lead-time, inventory and forecast accuracy supported by lean tools whenever applicable and collaboration with the different stakeholders in the end-to-end Supply Chain. You will report to the Planning & Fulfillment Manager. The work model for the role is: #LI-Hybrid This role is contributing to the Distribution Solutions Division within Electrification Business Area in Dalmine (BG). You will be mainly accountable for: - Calculate and maintain in the planning systems and the ERPs the inventory parameters: safety stock, reorder point, lot size, lead-time, and replenishment strategies - Collaborate with Buyers for obtaining the best possible supplier performance in terms of supplier on-time delivery, MOQ, quality, lead-time, and flexibility. - Manage MRP (Materials Resource Planning) exception messages on a daily basis; support cycle counting and/or year-end inventory counting. - Conducts financial risk assessments decisions relating to inventory, conducts root case analysis when necessary - Analyze excess and obsolete/aging inventory; take appropriate action for optimizing inventory performance, in collaboration with sales, marketing, manufacturing and Procurement and Logistics. - Release purchase orders, addresses Material Requirement Planner (MRP) action messages, expedite parts and manage quick ship request, communicate and expedite material issues. - Be responsible for stock profile and segments the portfolio of materials through an ABC/XYZ analysis, product lifecycle management and commercial policy, defining inventory policies according to this segmentation.

**Qualifications for the role**:

- Master Degree in Management Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
- Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular on Microsoft Excel. Knowledge of SAP and data analysis tools (Power BI or similar) are considered a plus.
- You are at ease communicating in Italian and English, both written and spoken
- You are creative, innovative and digitally smart;
- You have ownership and problem solving attitude, result oriented;
- You have teamwork attitude, good communication skills and courage complete the profile.

**What's in it for you?**:

- Get motivated by continuous improvement in what we do and how we do it, bring your know-how.
- Work in a company with a strong technology legacy and deeply rooted in local communities

**More about us**:
ABB's Distribution Solutions Division facilitates the efficient and reliable distribution, protection and control of power by improving electric power quality while strengthening the resilience of the grid. The Division offers segment-specific products and solutions that largely serve utilities, industry and infrastructure segments, often providing the requisite medium-voltage link between high-voltage transmission systems and low-voltage users. With ABB Ability enabled connected solutions at its core, the offering includes medium-voltage air