Materials Planning Analyst

Description

Job Summary: Materials Analyst responsible for analyzing requirements, generating purchase orders, monitoring cycles, analyzing deviations, and ensuring inventory levels. Key Highlights: 1. Work for an innovative and ambitious company in the animal nutrition sector. 2. Optimize procurement, inventory, and material receipt processes. 3. Operate in a collaborative and dynamic environment essential to production flow. We are a Brazilian manufacturing company with over 600 employees; together, we form a team of specialists collaborating to enable **Polinutri** to deliver the finest animal nutrition solutions to producers across Brazil. To serve our customers, we operate three strategically located manufacturing plants, distribution centers (DCs), and an administrative office—ensuring efficient and agile coverage across Brazil and international markets. With integrity and responsibility, we have built **Polinutri** into an innovative and ambitious company. We eagerly await meeting you—the candidate and friend of **Polinutri**. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Analyze material requirements and generate purchase orders for raw materials and packaging, ensuring uninterrupted production flow; * Monitor the lifecycle of purchase orders, actively tracking supplier performance from issuance through final delivery; * Analyze and report deviations between forecasted and actual consumption, identifying root causes and proposing improvements; * Maintain inventory levels in accordance with company coverage targets and policies; * Develop daily receipt schedules, optimizing unloading operational capacity and warehouse storage space. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Production Engineering, or related fields; * Solid experience in materials planning (MRP) and inventory control routines; * Advanced Microsoft Office suite proficiency (with emphasis on Excel for data analysis and complex formulas); * Strong logical reasoning and aptitude for applying mathematical calculations to logistics; * Excellent interpersonal communication skills, proactivity, and ability to thrive in collaborative and dynamic environments. Polinutri Alimentos S.A., founded in 1989, specializes in researching, producing, and delivering nutritional solutions and products for producers in swine, poultry, aquaculture, crustacean farming, cattle, equine, pet food, ornamental fish farming, and aquarium sectors. With three manufacturing units, three distribution centers, one central office, and an animal nutrition laboratory, Polinutri is located in São Paulo (SP), Itapevi (SP), Eusébio (CE), Maringá (PR), Lajedo (PE), Treze Tílias (SC), and Varginha (MG). Our core purpose is to sustainably nourish animals, people, and businesses. **\#JoinPolinutri**