Senior Material Planner

With over a century of experience in battery research and manufacturing, Leclanché is well placed to tackle the challenges of the transition to a carbon-free society. As the only European manufacturer of both power and energy lithium-ion battery cells, Leclanché provides the most effective energy storage solutions for electric vehicles, industrial, marine, grid and microgrid applications.

Our world leading in-house technologies and ownership of the full value chain from electrochemistry to energy management software, make us unique and a partner of choice for customers who require smarter and faster energy storage solutions. 

To support our Supply Chain team, we are looking for our offices in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland for a:

Purpose:

• Manage purchase orders, manage the schedules and forecasts for the right volumes of materials, goods and products inbound for the business.
• Validate the consistency of the supplies, conduct and coordinate the purchase orders with the Category Buyer, the production planning and the Project Manager.
• Insure that the delivery of material meet the production schedule and adequate stock levels to ensure operational and production continuity and contributes to the implementation of the necessary actions.
• Maintain strong relationships both internally and externally to ensure supply of materials meets requirements.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Ensure all professional procurement tasks are well conduct end ensures that products, modules, items, and services are provided in an appropriate manner and in accordance with the terms and conditions negotiated by the Category Buyer with suppliers (respect for sources of supply).
• Ensure compliance with supply. Ensure compliance with deadlines, specifications and standards (methodology) and quality procedures; suppliers follow-up.
• Plan shipments and receipts (full supply chain from supplier to point of delivery). Must, in an emergency context, be able to demonstrate composure and hindsight in order to best manage unforeseeable events (production shortage, supplier failure, problem with a carrier).
• Finalize and issue purchase orders for all requests.
• Work with planning department to communicate the appropriate forecasts to suppliers as appropriate.
• Ensure volume of orders in line with supplier capacity.
• Determine optimum logistics solutions for purchased components.
• Work with Finance to reconcile invoices problems.
• Be part of the procurement strategies by working with the Category buyer and implement the necessary actions to improve them (delay, communication, presentation of supplier performance results).
• Be able to launch RFQ and negotiate pricing.
• Ensure a stock and component availability balance, responsible for managing its "supplier portfolio" on both the stock level and the service rate.
• Ensure the ERP parameters are well completed and maintained : supply policy (PTS, PTO), lead time, security stock, supplier conditions, price conditions, MOQ, consolidation period.
• Support KPI’s improvements.
• Is the guarantor of compliance with the processes (Procure-to-pay), Grant of Authority.

Skills & Experience:

• Education: Business School or Business CFC (with a specialization in logistics)
• 5 years in procurement / sourcing / logistics
• ERP Mastery
• Excel, Word, Powerpoint

Competencies:

• Initiative and Adaptability: Identifies problems and finds solutions in a creative manner. Demonstrates flexibility to changing conditions and/or environment.
• Result Orientation: Possesses and applies knowledge and skills necessary for task completion. Does things and/or ensures things are done from the perspective of both quality and quantity of work.
• Teamwork: Works cooperatively with others and is part of a team. Helps others and fosters a spirit of cooperation to achieve a common goal.
• Communication: Written and verbal communications are clear, concise and understandable.

Languages:

• French fluent spoken and writing
• English fluent spoken and writing
• German is a plus

We offer an interesting employment opportunity in an international growing company, dynamic and collaborative working environment, possibility to work on innovative projects and continuous professional growth.

If you are Swiss or EU citizen, or hold a valid work permit, please apply and send your full application only in English.

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