Planning and Inventory Control Specialist

**At Getinge we have the passion to perform**

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge, our passion is to secure that every person and community have access to the best possible care, offering hospitals and life science institutions products and solutions that aim to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. Every day we collaborate to make a true difference for our customers - and to save more lives.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

Planning and Inventory Controller role is a key resource in the APAC Regional Distribution Center (ADC) organization, responsible for the daily material planning and operational purchasing of products in ADC, with the main goal to optimize inventory levels, availability, and logistics costs. As a critical member of ADC operation team, you will have the opportunity to oversee, develope and improve the process and procedures.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

Inventory planning and management
- Work closely with Strategic Planner to execute inventory planning policies, and review and update planning parameters to keep optimum inventory level
- Work closely with country planner to align on forecast, lead time, customer orders, new material etc.
- Liaise with suppliers on demand forecast
- Work actively together with suppliers to improve lead times and availability whilst reducing inventory levels and working capital
- Continually monitor inventory levels and ensure adequate supply for customers while minimizing excess or expired inventory
- Maintain and review KPI of assigned area and drive continuous improvement

Purchase order management
- Manage purchase order daily operations
- Generate purchase orders to factories/ EDC/ NADC and monitor order status to ensure goods receipt on time
- Communicatio scheduled delivery date and related changes to stakeholders in a timely manner
- Coordinate with supplier and forwarder for inbound shipment booking, tracking, and customs clearance to ensure on time arrival
- Work with forwarder to resolve cargo damage and insurance claim
- Work with QRC to ensure registration license is available for the product import to SG
- Work closely with 3PL Warehouse Ops team to ensure stock to be received properly
- Handle received stock discrepancies and resolve order related and nonconfirming product issues
- Handle return shipment to vendor

Inventory management:

- Point of contact for inventory enquiries
- Ship hold, block, and stock movement control
- Coordinate with 3PL to arrange physica inventory count, discrepancy investigation and reconcilation
- Coordiante with 3PL for scrapping
- Handle damages within warehouse with 3PL

Others:

- Actively contribute to the documentation and maintenance of work instructions and procedures and participate and/or lead in relevant projects
- Assist with onboarding of new hires and training

**Requirements**:

- Minimum 3-5 years of Supply Chain Planning and purchase order management experience
- Good knowledge of supply chain management such as forecast and planning, inventory management, air and ocean freight, import and export trade compliance, etc
- Experienced user of material requirements planning and ERP systems. SAP is preferred.
- Organized, structured, analytical and data-driven mindset
- Proficient in MS office suite (MS Word, Excel and Power Point)
- Strong verbal and written skills in English
- Diploma/ degree in Logistics or business related fields
- A team player with ability to work effectively and support each other in a cross-functional and multi-cultural environment
- Able to proritize and multitask

**About us**

Getinge is on an exciting transformation journey constantly looking for new ways to innovate together with our customers to meet the healthcare challenges of the future. Our passionate people hold our brand promise ‘Passion for Life’ close to heart.

Getinge is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.