Demand & Materials Planner – Supply Chain - Full-time
Siemens**Job Family:** Customer Services
• *Req ID:** 513483
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• *Position Overview:**
• *Turn demand into action and help keep North America’s rail network moving.**
As a Demand Planner with Siemens Mobility, you’ll be at the center of the decisions that ensure critical materials and components are available when our projects need them. Using SAP MRP, forecasting, data analysis, and cross-functional planning, you’ll translate demand into actionable material plans that support customer commitments and operational performance.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys digging into complex data, solving material challenges, anticipating supply risks, and working across Engineering, Procurement, Project Management, and Supply Chain to keep operations moving. You’ll have the opportunity to influence planning strategies, improve inventory performance, and drive smarter, more efficient processes.
• *What your day-to-day will look like:**
+ Own demand and materials planning activities for assigned business segments, using SAP MRP to enter forecasted demand, manage planning parameters, monitor requirements, and help ensure materials are available when needed.
+ Anticipate material risks before they impact operations by partnering with Project Managers, Material Managers, Engineering, MRP Controllers, Order Management, and Strategic Procurement to identify shortages, planning gaps, unreleased parts, obsolete materials, and engineering changes.
+ Turn complex data into actionable planning decisions by analyzing demand, inventory, MRP exceptions, material availability, and other supply chain information to support forecasting, mitigation planning, and business decisions.
+ Optimize inventory and end-to-end material flow by developing streamlined, low-risk planning strategies, monitoring plan execution, and balancing material availability with opportunities to improve inventory turnover.
+ Drive continuous improvement and transparency by tracking key metrics, developing reports, charts, and presentations, and identifying opportunities to improve demand planning, SAP MRP processes, efficiency, and overall supply chain performance.
• *This posting outlines the primary responsibilities of the role, but is not all-inclusive; additional duties may be assigned in alignment with business needs.**
• *To thrive in this role, you have:**
+ Bachelor's degree. Business, Commercial, Manufacturing, or Engineering Degree preferred. In lieu of Bachelor's degree, a combination of education and Siemens relevant experience will be considered,
+ Minimum 3+ years of experience in SCM and Demand/Materials Planning.
+ Strong working knowledge in SAP ERP Material Planning Modules, included but not limited to:
+ Advanced application of transactions MD61, MD62 and MD63.
+ Comprehensive knowledge of MD04 including navigating through complex subcontracting items in a multi-BOM, muti-MRP Areas and multi-MRP Elements setting as well as the management of exception messages
+ Thorough understanding of relevant material master settings that impact MRP Flow such as Safety Stock, Special Procurement, Procurement Type, MRP Type, Lot size, Min/Max lot size, Rounding Value, among others.
+ Ability to review and interpret different Stock types across multiple plants (MMBE, Batch, Special Stock)
+ Highly analytical with the ability to interpret large datasets and leverage advanced Excel functions, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and data visualization, to support forecasting and reporting.
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