Job Description

Company Description

Bosch has been present in Malaysia since 1923, represented by Robert Bosch Sdn Bhd, with offices located in Selangor and Penang. In Malaysia, Bosch has diversified businesses in Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. The company has three manufacturing plants in Penang providing Car Multimedia, Power Tools and Automotive Steering systems. In 2017, Malaysia contributed sales of RM 615 million (127 million euro) and employed more than 2,800 associates.

• Production Planning Responsibilities :

• Perform Rough Production Planning (RPP) for mid & long term up to 12-18 months
• Review production capacity with manufacturing team
• Level production according to Leveling guidelines
• Conversion, release & schedule production orders according to levelling pattern
• Reschedule planned orders based on possible production
• Track and follow up production output, sub assembly progress & customer order fulfillment
• Review leveling adherence and with manufacturing team
• Drive production to achieve target output & produce the right mix of SKUs and sub assembly
• Liaise with order planner for any unfulfilled orders
• Dealing with urgent enquiries from customers
• Review and update weekly plan/order fulfilment in allocation file
• Materials Planning Responsibilities :

• Review & maintain MRP parameters (eg Lead time, ROP, Rounding values, Lot size, Planning time fence, Coverage profile, Safety stock, Min-max stock level etc) to ensure automatic planning is running smoothly to achieve optimized stock level
• Run mini macro for material auto replenishment within warehouses
• Reschedule SA/PO to supplier based on forecast changes
• Close follow up & obtain delivery confirmation from suppliers. maintain a material supply visibility of minimum 2-3 months
• Close follow up & tracking of materials replenishment status, expedite deliveries to support production & customer orders
• Bottleneck & allocation management for parts in critical shortage.
• Supplier delivery performance monitoring & improvement
• Track, monitor & manage material phase-in/out and product EOL. Adjust planning according to product & material life cycle
• Propose last time build to minimize scrap of excess materials before product phase out
• Be change leader for product discontinuance CR and follow up until CR closure
• Frequent review of supplier capacity
• Inventory management & control according to TCT target. Analyze stock coverage, define & take proactive actions for stock reduction
• Inventory scrap proposal for no movers & damage stock
• Work closely with purchasing quality on part return & replacement due to technical issues.
• Coordinate RTV process for logistics rejects (wrong part / quantity).
• Air freight cost monitoring & control
• LPV Responsibilities :

• Act as Logistics team member (LPV) for new launches & ALRs
• Support samples & pilot runs
• Attend new project and ALR meetings, contribute actively & work with cross functional team members to achieve timely SOP
• Attend product launch meeting (PLT) with Launch Manager & update production/delivery status.
• Analyze feasibility & restrictions to achieve ramp up plan.
• Ensure materials availability & on time delivery to achieve ramp up plan (RUM)
• Maintain MM & release pronovia timely & accurately to enable automatic planning.
• Co-ordinate new material packaging lot size for kanban card preparation before SOP

• Attend Daily management and Leveling meeting
• Attend Daily Delivery Meeting
• Expedite material due to stock variance in the plant.
• BPS concept on supplier flexibilities
• Supplier relationship management(SRM) tools
• Issue ticket to raise PR for miscellaneous expenses
• Contribute ideas on PPT/add*One system or process improvement
• Ad hoc tasks as and when required/assigned

• Bachelor Degree in Business Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain or equivalent
• Computer knowledge in SAP and MS Excel is a must
• Systematic and reliable work based on defined process
• Team player with good communication skills
• Working with peoples from different cultures and organizational functions
• High need for telephone conferences

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