Manufacturing Specialist 2 - Material Plan & Execution_MB30

Job Title: Manufacturing Specialist 2 - Material Plan & Execution
Location: Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Work Schedule: 5 Days/ Week & 8 Hours / Day

Role base (Office, Onshore, Offshore or Workshop): Office
Contract Duration:  12 Months

Working Hours Per Day: 8 hrs.
Working Days Per Week: 5 days
Preferred Language: English
Salary can be discussed 

Role Summary: -
The Manufacturing Specialist 2 – Materials Plan & Execution plans and schedules materials and orders required to execute Drilling Services manufacturing activities. The role aligns demand, inventory, capacity, and delivery priorities to meet customer requirements while optimizing material availability and optimizing the inventory level. This role converts regional and global demand forecasts into executable material plans, production orders, and delivery schedules. It works closely with sales & operations planning, sourcing, and supply chain teams to prioritize requirements, manage SAP exceptions, and optimize inventory. The position uses SAP, MRP, analytical tools, and material management controls to maintain reliable supply and improve planning performance.

Essential Responsibilities: -

• Collaborate with regional sales and operations teams to develop regional and global forecasts and convert approved demand plans into physical orders and material requirements.
• Plan and schedule materials, production orders, and order timelines in line with customer requirements, manufacturing capacity, and delivery commitments.
• Work with S&OP, manufacturing production team, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality and supply chain teams to fulfill customer demand and requirements.
• Analyze incoming demand, identify order exceptions, planning gaps, and address misalignment with product rationalization and inventory strategies.
• Use SAP and MRP functionality to maintain accurate planning parameters, material requirements, order dates, supply signals, and planning transactions.
• Perform material management analysis, including statistical consumption and forecasts, aged inventory, aged purchase orders, in-transit materials, shortages, and safety-stock requirements.
• Implement inventory stocking strategies and monitor safety stock, global inventory, excess and obsolete inventory, and aging exposure.
• Identify opportunities to use existing inventory, reduce shortages and excess stock, control inventory level and logistics shipping costs.
• Support order management from demand receipt through material availability, production scheduling, shipment readiness, and customer delivery.
• Track planning KPIs, supply risks, shortages, and recovery actions, and communicate priorities and exceptions to relevant stakeholders.
• Identify and implement improvements in planning processes, master data, inventory controls, reporting, and cross-functional operating routines.

Essential Requirements of the role (Experience / Skills / Competencies): -

• Years of experience: Minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience in material planning, production planning and scheduling, supply chain, or manufacturing operations.

• Field of experience: S&OP, demand planning, order management, inventory optimization and control, and material management
• Technical Skills: Experience performing material consumption analysis, forecasting, safety-stock calculations, and aged, excess, obsolete, and in-transit inventory reviews.
• Soft Skills: Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Tools or Software (Required / Preferred): SAP

• Education Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Operations, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Industry Background or Experience (Required / Preferred): Oil & Gas
• Target Companies: Schlumberger, Haliburton, Weatherford etc
• Off-limits Companies: None
• Required Accreditations / Qualifications / Certification / Licenses including Driving License: Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) or an equivalent supply chain certification is preferred

Desirable attributes of the worker (Experience / Skills / Competencies): -

• Demonstrated experience in S&OP, demand planning, order management, inventory optimization and control, and material management.
• Strong practical experience with SAP and MRP functionality, including planning parameters, material requirements, purchase and production orders, and supply / demand exception management.
• Experience performing material consumption analysis, forecasting, safety-stock calculations, and aged, excess, obsolete, and in-transit inventory reviews.
• Working knowledge of Sales and Operations Planning, product life-cycle management, product rationalization, and new product or obsolescence transitions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify planning gaps and implement sustainable improvements.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively with supply chain functions.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.