Material Management Specialist

Your Tasks:

• Coordinate material planning activities, monitoring requirements, inventory levels, shortages, open orders, lead times, and supply constraints to ensure material availability according to production priorities.
• Analyze historical and forecasted material demand to support inventory optimization and planning of long-lead-time materials, including the definition and periodic review of Safety Stocks, Reorder Points, and other MRP parameters based on demand, lead time, supply risk, and inventory targets.
• Monitor overall inventory levels and health, identifying shortages, excess inventory, slow-moving materials, and opportunities to optimize inventory while protecting production continuity.
• Coordinate cross-functional actions with Scheduling, Procurement, Warehouse, Production, Engineering, and others to proactively resolve material shortages, constraints, and other issues impacting production.
• Investigate and drive resolution of inventory discrepancies, including differences between physical inventory and SAP records, missing or unreported material consumption, incorrect transactions, and other deviations. Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring issues.
• Support the analysis and identification of obsolete and phase-out materials, working closely with Engineering to validate their technical applicability, replacement or discontinuation strategy, remaining requirements, and inventory disposition.
• Supporting Material Master governance, maintaining and validating relevant MRP settings, ensuring data consistency, supporting users, and coordinating corrections or system-related issues with the appropriate functions.
• Support Material Master governance and data accuracy, validating planning parameters and coordinating cross-functional corrections when master data, BOM information, procurement settings, or warehouse information could negatively impact MRP or material availability.
• Monitor relevant Material Management KPIs and lead continuous-improvement initiatives focused on material availability, and inventory optimization.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Material Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Supply Chain, Production Planning, or similar activities, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Good knowledge and practical experience with SAP MM and MRP processes. SAP Key User experience is considered an asset.
• Good understanding of material planning, inventory management, Safety Stock, Reorder Point, forecasting, lead-time management, and Material Master data.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes, evaluate alternatives, make decisions within the role's scope, and drive issues through resolution.
• Strong ownership, accountability, and initiative, with the ability to work independently, manage priorities, and proactively anticipate risks.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional teams.
• Detail-oriented and comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, including regular interaction with shop floor and warehouse teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; Power BI or other data-analysis tools are considered an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to improve the quality, speed, and accuracy.

We offer:

In accordance with the Pay Transparency Act, we are committed to providing clear and accessible information about compensation for this role. The expected compensation range for this position is CAD $70,000 - $82,000 / Annually. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on several job-related factors, including relevant education, depth and breadth of experience, professional certifications or license, specialized skills aligned with the role, and internal equity considerations. This role offers a comprehensive total rewards package, including paid vacation, group health benefits, pension plan, bonus, and additional employee programs.

• The opportunity to gain practical experience in the field of optical current measurement technology and sustainable energy transmission in an innovative company.
• You will work in a motivated team on forward-looking projects and gain insights into the latest technologies.
• Support from experienced professionals in handling the latest measurement technology.