About Kerry

About the role

The Material Planner plays a key role in ensuring the right materials are available at the right time to support business and operational requirements. The role manages the day-to-day material call-off process, working closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders to monitor supply, resolve shortages and delivery issues, and maintain reliable material availability.

You will manage purchase orders, supplier confirmations, inbound delivery exceptions and planning alerts, while monitoring supplier performance and escalating risks where necessary. This role is ideal for someone with strong materials planning, supplier coordination and SAP experience who enjoys working in a fast-paced supply chain environment.

Work Location 1 Powerhouse - Bandar Utama (5 mins walk from MRT) 

Reporting To   Material Planning Team Lead 

Key responsibilities

Material Planning & Call-Off

• Manage the day-to-day material call-off process to ensure timely availability of materials.
• Monitor and resolve planning alerts, including rescheduling requirements, overcoverage, undercoverage and material shortages.
• Proactively identify material supply risks and escalate issues to the appropriate stakeholders.

Purchase Order Management

• Manage the end-to-end ordering process, including
• Converting purchase requisitions into purchase orders.
• Issuing purchase orders to suppliers.
• Following up and obtaining supplier order confirmations.
• Review open purchase orders and follow up on orders that have not been confirmed by suppliers.
• Monitor inbound deliveries and investigate short or incomplete deliveries.

Supplier & Stakeholder Management

• Maintain effective communication with internal stakeholders and external suppliers through SAP, email and Microsoft Teams.
• Work closely with suppliers to resolve material availability, delivery and supply concerns.
• Monitor supplier OTIF (On-Time In-Full) performance and maintain accurate reason codes for delivery failures.
• Escalate supplier performance issues to the relevant Category Material Planner when required.

Tolling & Subcontracting

• Coordinate tolling and subcontracting activities where applicable.
• Manage the dispatch of materials to external suppliers or subcontractors.
• Ensure relevant component information is accurately maintained within purchase orders.

Master Data & New Product Introduction

• Identify and flag master data issues affecting material call-off and supply planning.
• Support the maintenance of relevant SKU planning data.
• Coordinate master data requirements relating to New Product Introduction (NPI) with the Planning Data Analyst.

Key Shared Accountabilities

• Collaborate with suppliers, procurement, planning and other Supply Chain stakeholders to maintain material availability and continuity of supply.
• Support timely resolution and escalation of material shortages and supplier delivery issues.
• Contribute to improvements in supplier delivery performance, material availability and planning accuracy.
• Maintain accurate and timely information within SAP to support effective supply chain decision-making.

Qualifications and skills

• Education Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification.
• Experience 3 to 5 years of experience in Supply Chain Planning, Material Planning, Procurement, or a related supply chain role.
• Industry Experience Experience within food ingredients, flavours, food manufacturing, or beverage industries is preferred but not essential.
• Systems & Tools Experience working with an ERP system, preferably SAP.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
• Experience with Power BI or other data/reporting tools would be an advantage.