Material Planner

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Material Planning Specialist in Astana we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your supply chain expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and detail-oriented teammates.

You'll play a critical role in ensuring seamless material planning and supplier management, directly impacting our production and project timelines. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Procurement, Warehouse, and Production teams), analyze supplier confirmations, and maintain the accuracy of material planning data, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of creating and updating Material Planning documents, but also resolving supply issues and improving supplier delivery performance.

We’ll look to you for:

• Managing Purchase Requisitions until Material Planning document creation for internal suppliers

• Following up with Procurement on Purchase Requisition maturity for external suppliers

• Ensuring and updating the accuracy of material planning master data in compliance with stock and logistic constraints

• Creating and updating Material Planning documents (Call-off, Schedule Agreement) and their respective Source List and Quota Management

• Communicating delivery plans and purchase orders to suppliers and following up on their confirmations

• Analyzing supplier confirmations versus Alstom needs and evaluating risks/impacts on production/projects

• Identifying priorities, setting up recovery actions, and organizing regular reviews with suppliers to monitor delivery performance

• Managing MRP exception messages and anticipating supply problems

• Resolving Goods Receipts issues and following up on non-conformities with Procurement Officers

• Communicating OTIF (On-Time In-Full) results with suppliers and driving improvement

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Higher education in a relevant field

• English proficiency (Alte level 3) – able to use English daily for speaking, reading, and writing purposes

• Experience in supplier/customer relationship management, including daily activity and performance tracking

• ERP experience (e.g., article configuration, order management) or ERP architecture understanding (e.g., BOM, NCR)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams

• Excellent communication and organizational skills

Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Work with new security standards for rail signalling

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilise our inclusive and flexible working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Progress towards senior roles in supply chain management or other areas of interest

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63  countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.