Material Planning Manager

Description

Do you want to bring your energy to the Operations area of the Arteche Group? At Arteche, we are looking for a Material Planning Manager to lead and coordinate the planning of raw material and semi-finished goods procurement, ensuring on-time delivery to end customers while meeting cost, quality, and service criteria. You will drive continuous improvement, process efficiency, and team development—anticipating risks and promoting solutions that support organizational goals. We are a technology-driven company at the forefront of the electrical sector, pioneering innovation within a culture built on closeness, trust, consistency, and commitment—our core values. Our purpose is to ensure universal access to clean, efficient, and high-quality energy. **Do you share our energy?** **Key Responsibilities:** * Lead the execution of raw material and semi-finished goods procurement based on stock availability, forecasts, and established purchasing criteria and conditions, ensuring coordination with relevant departments. * Organize, prioritize, and supervise team activities, developing team capabilities to manage incidents, non-conformities, and raw material returns—with a continuous improvement mindset. * Ensure timely management of changes in procurement requirements resulting from production planning adjustments, anticipating impacts and proposing corrective actions. * Guarantee adherence to supply programs by fostering cross-functional coordination and identifying opportunities for efficiency and optimization. * Coordinate adaptation and updating of procurement conditions and requirements arising from product format or component changes, promoting agile and sustainable solutions. * Implement and lead improvement projects—including digitalization—within your scope of responsibility, encouraging innovation and standardization of best practices. * Monitor KPIs and inventory management (stocks, obsolete items), preparing procurement control statistics and driving data-based improvement actions. * Manage and develop the procurement team, fostering leadership, autonomy, collaboration, and results orientation. **Requirements:** * Industrial Organization Engineering degree (Master’s level) * Minimum 5 years of relevant experience * Advanced English proficiency; knowledge of additional languages is desirable **Competencies:** * Customer orientation * People orientation * Excellence, continuous improvement, and self-challenge * Innovation and change orientation **We Offer:** * Join a purpose-driven company with strong values, committed to innovation, sustainability, and people. * Be part of a close-knit team with real impact on internal and external organizational communication. * A positive work environment and opportunities for professional development. * Flexible working hours and other benefits supporting work-life balance. * Competitive salary aligned with the candidate’s experience. * Continuous learning and training opportunities. * Innovative tools to support your daily work. If you aspire to join a prestigious brand with recognized international presence, demonstrate strong teamwork skills, the ability to drive projects forward, and adaptability to change—don’t hesitate: **We’re waiting for you!**