Material planner

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Material Planner in India we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your supply chain expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside dedicated and collaborative teammates.

You'll play a pivotal role in establishing a robust and agile supply chain by driving process adherence, fostering team competency, and implementing innovative strategies. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with internal teams like the SDPM team, Project Supply Chain Team, and Site Supply Chain functions (Procurement, Warehouse, Serial Production Coordination, Method Logistics, etc.), as well as external stakeholders such as material suppliers and logistics providers.

You’ll specifically take care of expressing delivery needs to suppliers, monitoring supplier performance, and ensuring the availability of goods for Alstom projects, but also contribute to supplier selection processes and drive performance improvement initiatives.

We’ll look to you for:

• Establishing short-term and mid-term action plans in alignment with the India Supply Chain strategy

• Identifying and addressing gaps in existing supply chain processes

• Consolidating metrics and animating MIS periodically for management decision-making

• Ensuring accurate material planning master data and creating Material Planning documents

• Analyzing supplier confirmations and mitigating risks to production and projects

• Driving supplier capacity assessments and capability improvements

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Engineering Degree (BE in ECE, EEE, or Mechanical) with experience in supply chain, logistics, or business management

• Experience or understanding of production planning, procurement planning, and warehouse management processes

• Knowledge of tools like SAP GSI, Kinaxis, ASCOT, Qlik Sense, and GSI BI

• Familiarity with ERP systems and MS Office tools (Word, Excel Macro, PowerPoint, Access)

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

• Proficiency in English (Tamil appreciated)

• Planning, organizing, and teamwork-oriented mindset

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilise our dynamic and inclusive working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards leadership opportunities in the supply chain function

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

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