Inventory Control

**Join our Team**:
As a Material Planner in inventory control, you will be responsible for the execution of the inventory control cadence in the global supply chain. The supply chain consists of an infrastructure of logistic centres and stocking points, where inventory is planned and held based on parameters such as customer demands (customer contracts), geography, spare parts classification, and installed base. You will be ensuring the inventory control procedures are driven timely, and inventory optimization activities are analyzed and driven.

**What you will do**
Analytical activities related to global inventory management and control. Full understanding of the material planning processes, using Planning related systems based upon parameters such as customer demands (customer contracts), supply constraints, geography, spare parts classification, etc.

The Material Management processes and tools are designed to deliver a defined level of material availability for SLA fulfillment against an efficient end to end supply chain cost. It is the role of the Inventory Control Analyst to provide analysis on the end-to-end inventory categories and support the optimization to reach the defined targets and business objectives.

**You will be responsible for**
- Defining of inventory segmentation
- Identifying inventory optimization like redistribution of excess inventory
- Calculate inventory provisioning, based on set rules
- Create inventory action proposals e.g. scrapping, utilization
- Performing root cause analysis on inventory related queries
- Support the calculation of business cases in changes in the supply chain network
- Support in buy-back opportunities and drive the utilization of buy-back stock

**You will bring**
- Must have Bachelor or Master degree in a study relevant for this position
- 1 to 2 years’ experience in material, inventory control or production planning
- APICS type CPIM certification, preferred
- Material requirements planning systems experience
- Must be experienced in Microsoft Office, especially advanced in Excel
- Must be analytical, meticulous and possess a strong commitment to excellence
- Must be able to work independently, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and well organized with analytical mindset
- Must be detail orientated and have the discipline to follow through on assigned tasks.
- Must have a high degree of ownership and initiative
- Must have good verbal and written communications skills

**Why join Ericsson?**

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

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**Primary country and city**: Netherlands (NL) || Rijen

**Job details**: Material Planning