Materials/Planning Specialist 1

About the role

The Materials/Planning Specialist supports New Product Introduction (NPI) programs by managing material procurement, tracking, readiness, and delivery from initial engineering builds through customer shipment. This role also strengthens process execution through accurate master data, data analysis, reporting, system support, and AI-enabled automation.

What you'll do

• Support NPI programs across the full lifecycle, from material sourcing and procurement through build support, readiness tracking, and final customer shipment
• Manage, validate, cleanse, and maintain accurate material, supplier, inventory, and planning master data across ERP, MES, PLM, and related systems
• Document current processes, define data standards, and develop end-to-end process flows to support consistent execution and future system enhancements
• Analyze operational and supply chain data to identify material risks, shortages, overages, delivery issues, and opportunities for process improvement
• Create dashboards, exception reports, and self-service analytics to improve visibility into material readiness, program execution status, and decision-making

What you need

• 2–5 yrs of experience
• Dashboarding
• Power BI
• SQL
• Data analysis
• Power Query
• Excel
• B.Tech or B.E. or BBA or MBA

Good to have

• ERP
• SAP
• SAP HANA
• Power Automate
• Power Apps
• Office 365