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Company Name:
ASTEMO AMERICAS, INC.
Job Family:
Manufacturing & Operations
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities
Scheduling Agreements: Own and maintain scheduling agreements for an assigned supplier portfolio, issuing weekly and daily releases that reflect current MRP-driven requirements.
MRP-Driven Replenishment: Review MRP output daily to convert net requirements into supplier releases, targeting zero missed release cycles.
Customer Demand Translation: Monitor upstream customer demand and order changes and cascade updated requirements to suppliers within 24 hours of a material demand shift.
Inbound Delivery Monitoring: Use SAP S/4HANA to monitor inbound delivery against the planned production schedule, pulling forward, delaying, or cancelling purchase orders as needed to hit inventory KPIs.
PCNL Administration: Initiate, track, and close out Production/Purchase Change Notice-Letters with suppliers, ensuring engineering and quality sign-off is documented before implementation.
Supplier Risk Management: Maintain a supplier risk register, run weekly capacity and shortage checks with key suppliers, and escalate at-risk parts a minimum of 5 business days before impact.
Freight and Logistics: Manage freight partners and resolve inbound logistics issues, logging and reporting expedited freight costs monthly.
Supplier Performance: Track and report supplier on-time delivery and quality performance monthly, driving corrective action for suppliers below target.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business, Logistics, or equivalent experience; 3 to 5 years in supplier or materials planning within automotive or comparably regulated manufacturing.
Demonstrated experience managing customer demand and orders and translating them into supplier-facing requirements.
Hands-on MRP experience within an ERP system, including net requirement review and release generation.
Direct experience creating and maintaining supplier scheduling agreements and processing PCNL documenta
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
May provide direction or coordination as needed. Collaboration and cooperation with others is essential.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Little physical effort required.
Occasionally lift up to 35 pounds.
Regularly sit, stand, reach, and move throughout the plant.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in both an office and plant environment. Safety glasses and steel-toe shoes are required when performing specific tasks or working in designated manufacturing areas.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) – Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, disability, protected veteran status and national origin.
At Astemo, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. Our goal is to build an inclusive work environment that celebrates the differences of our employees. We want to ensure that every employee feels valued, respected and empowered. We don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Astemo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Astemo, please send the nature of the request and contact information to am-jobs@hitachiastemo.com when applying for the position.
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