Material Planning Manager en Cataluña, España

About Us:

OMODA & JAECOO Motors

OMODA & JAECOO Motors, part of the Chery Group, is an international automotive brand expanding rapidly across Europe. Our European headquarters are located in Barcelona, from where we lead the brand’s regional development and support its continued growth across the European market.

Work arrangement

• This position is based fully on-site at our Barcelona office.

Why join us?

• Join one of the fastest-growing international automotive brands in Europe.

• Play a key role in ensuring material availability and production continuity within an international automotive manufacturing environment.

• Contribute to the development and optimization of material planning, inventory control, and supplier logistics processes.

• Collaborate with commercial, regional, production, logistics, engineering, supplier, and headquarters teams in a multicultural environment.

• Grow within a global organization with strong development opportunities.

Key responsibilities

• Consolidate inputs from commercial and regional teams to develop and release mid- and long-term demand forecasts for localized EU parts and non-EU parts, including Thailand and Korea.

• Convert sales forecasts and system requirements into material demand plans and release material requirements to component suppliers and outsourced manufacturing suppliers.

• Coordinate supplier deliveries based on OEM production schedules to ensure timely material availability for manufacturing operations.

• Maintain part master data, safety stock parameters, and related system settings to ensure order accuracy and healthy inventory levels.

• Release material orders according to system requirements and production needs in a timely manner.

• Monitor daily material supply status and track the transportation progress of localized parts to ensure accurate and on-time deliveries.

• Analyze inventory coverage days and dynamically adjust safety stock levels to maintain appropriate inventory levels.

• Track the delivery progress of critical components, proactively identify supply risks, and support production continuity through timely escalation and coordination.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve supply risks caused by severe weather, traffic restrictions, urgent shortages, or other unexpected events.

• Resolve supply exceptions, including delays, shortages, and quantity discrepancies, to ensure uninterrupted production supply.

• Manage supplier logistics performance on a daily basis and coordinate supplier inquiries related to material orders and deliveries.

• Coordinate engineering change implementation with suppliers and manage old and new part transitions to ensure the smooth execution of material changes.

• Manage part transitions during model-year changes and vehicle replacement projects while minimizing obsolete inventory risks.

• Analyze warehouse and subcontractor inventory to balance old and new part supply during product transitions.

• Establish and maintain effective coordination interfaces between subcontracting plants and demand planning teams.

• Prepare regular material status reports and supply analysis reports.

• Participate in annual supplier performance evaluations and support the continuous improvement of supplier logistics performance.

• Support other department-related tasks and projects as required.

✅ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

• At least 5 years of experience in material planning and tracking.

• Proven experience in global material planning, material order release, and delivery tracking is highly preferred.

• Strong knowledge of automotive component production and delivery models.

• Good understanding of material demand planning and pull-based supply systems within automotive OEM environments.

• Good understanding of subcontracting processing order management and related operational processes.

• Familiarity with BOM structures, engineering change management, and part transition processes.

• Experience with SAP MRP is preferred.

• Strong cross-functional communication and coordination skills, with the ability to independently drive issue resolution.

• Strong logical thinking and data analysis capabilities.

• High resilience and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced automotive manufacturing environment.

• Fluent Spanish for daily communication with local subcontracting plants and suppliers.

• Business-level English for system operations, reporting, and communication with headquarters.

• Chinese language skills are considered a plus.

What we offer

• Competitive and negotiable salary.

• Full-time position in a fast-growing international automotive group.

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• Strong development opportunities within an international automotive organization.

• Multinational team environment at our European headquarters in Barcelona.

• Opportunity to play a key role in material planning, supplier coordination, inventory optimization, and production supply continuity within an international automotive manufacturing project.

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