Logistics (Planning & Inventory Control)

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Job details

Company overview

Our client is a leading multinational healthcare corporation that specializes in the sales and maintenance of medical equipment. In addition to offering consulting services for medical institutions, they leverage their expertise and utilize medical data to make significant contributions towards advancing the field of medicine.

Responsibilities

This role is responsible for all activities of the supply of products which includes inventory planning, purchasing, transport coordination, tracking, defective handling and leading team members. It is also responsible for monitoring and analyzing the demand and supply situation on a tactical level and maintaining timely and accurate MRP related master data.
Main responsibilities:

• Lead team members
• Drive continuous improvement activities on Planning & Inventory Control team
• Mentor and assist team members in expanding their skills sets and knowledge base of Inventory planning as an expert of demand planning area Purchasing, logistics coordination, and tracking
• Generate and modify purchase orders of products to Factories, Distribution Centers, and external vendors in a timely manner with strong collaboration with Delivery Fulfilment team and Sales, Service, and Marketing Division
• Track order status to ensure on-time goods issue from vendors
• Manage and coordinate the transport, tracking, and customs declarations of shipments
• Work closely with Warehouse Operations team to ensure stock to be received
• Arrange Quality Inspection schedule, and ready for ship on schedule
• Report, process, reconcile and manage received products’ discrepancies
• Process returns to vendors and manage collection of Credit Notes
• Create various reports such as back-order reports, critical orders, manufacturing schedules,inventory aging report, etc.
• Inventory Planning Develop planning policies for all responsible products
• Review inventory levels, customer orders/contracts and utilize MRP to plan replenishments 
• Set up regular S&OP meetings with stakeholders to get input of sales forecast, customer orders, new product introduction, material capacity limitation etc.
• Optimize inventory levels of stock items, in-transit etc according to expected service levels
• Monitor inventory obsolescence and take necessary measures such as scrapping
• Report the Sales Forecast to Global Demand Planner depending on information of Sales and Marketing Division
• Manage concerning documents
• Work closely with QcRM team for nonconformity or compliant materials and FCA cases
• Making payable vouchers 

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• College or university graduate
• Expertise on demand planning area
• Good English communication both in verbal and written
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, SAP skill priority
• Highly responsible on duties and passion for logistics
• Hard working spirit and proactive attitude, quick learner
• Efficient, accurate, well organized. Work with passion and patience
• Effective communication skills both written and verbal and good team player

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in the healthcare industry preferred
• Minimum 7 years related experience in logistic or trade is preferred

Salary

6 - 8.5 million yen

Location

Tokyo