Materials Management Specialist 2
Date: May 6, 2025
Location: Poznan, WP, PL, 60-166
Company: W. R. Grace & Co.
Requisition ID: 24069
Built on talent, technology, and trust, Grace is a leading global supplier of catalysts and engineered materials. The company’s two industry-leading business segments—Catalysts Technologies and Materials Technologies—provide innovative products, technologies, and services that enhance the products and processes of our customers around the world. Grace employs approximately 4,300 people in over 30 countries.
Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals and solutions that enable industries to enhance modern life. Our customers use our catalysts, engineered materials, process technologies and fine chemicals to manufacture everyday products – like renewable fuels, pharmaceuticals and food packaging – better, faster and smarter. Our thousands of employees work to harness the power of science for a better world at our global headquarters in Columbia, MD and locations worldwide. For more information, visit Grace.com.
Job Description
To meet customers delivery expectations in terms of material availability whilst ensuring the best possible utilization external supplier resources and maintaining inventory levels at an optimal level.
The responsibility includes external manufacturing and sourcing including confirmation from vendors and tollers.
Responsibilities
• Complying with all internal and external safety regulations pertaining to environmental protection and occupational & traffic safety according to the GRACE EHS system and directly pointing out identified mistakes or wrong behavior
• Efficient detailed scheduling and sourcing from vendors and tollers (Req to PO Process) according to company rules and targets, cost optimization and considering vendor capabilities – Based on a daily sales order review.
• Coordinating repack process with internal and external service provider.
• Order scheduling, confirmation and communication of all sales orders (EMEA, Interco, indent) in line with company rules
• Supporting on Customer complaints and Returns
• Provide and plan raw, packaging material and semi-finished products based on requirements of finished products to the Grace suppliers and tollers.
• Warehouse Inventory management – Shelf-life monitoring, Blocked Stock, Slow Moving, Repack order management etc.
• Warehouse housekeeping and monitoring of exceptions.
• Owning and responsible for maintaining master data and MRP setup of warehouse materials in cooperation with Business Management and IBP
• Utilize reports from IBP for Demand, Supply and Inventory Forecasting
• Participate in mid/long-term Sales & Operation planning tasks and projects to report, optimize and improve processes.
• Trouble shooting and problem solving in terms of material availability within the Integrated Supply Chain organization in co-operation with Sales Departments worldwide, Business Management, Operations and Technical Departments
• Continuous monitoring of delivery performance, external sourcing, material availability vs demand
• Liaise with Forwarding and external suppliers to optimize material flow to be in line with our internal goals and targets as well as external customers’ expectations.
• Coordination and Communication with Production, Customer Service, Sales, Business Management, IBP, TCS, TCO, Purchasing, QC/R&D, Forwarding and Warehouse on day-to-day business as well as escalation process.
• Participation in Integrated Supply Chain related projects
Required Qualifications
• Fluent English
• German would be an additional benefit.
• Good Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word)
• Good SAP skills (SD, MM, PP)
• More than 3 years of experience as a planner within the industry
Preferred Qualifications
• Customer Service oriented
• Willing to take over responsibility and be a problem solver
• Basic technical understanding of production processes
• Commercial knowledge and understanding and sense for cost optimization
• Good communication skill and team spirit
• Planning and commercial education
Benefits
Grace is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Grace via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Grace. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Grace as a result of the referral or through other means.