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About the Planning Senior Analyst Role

Alkhorayef Petroleum Company is seeking a Planning Senior Analyst to join its team in Dammam, Eastern region. This full-time position is central to optimizing material planning and supply chain operations, ensuring efficient resource allocation and production flow. The role requires 2-5 years of experience in a relevant planning or supply chain function, contributing to the company's operational excellence.

Core Responsibilities

• Assist in the execution and maintenance of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Resource Requirements Planning (RRP) within Oracle Fusion, ensuring accurate demand signals are translated into actionable procurement and production orders.
• Maintain and update planning master data in Oracle Fusion, including item lead times, safety stock levels, and all other planning parameters, to ensure data accuracy as the foundation for reliable MRP outputs.
• Review and resolve MRP exception messages daily, including reschedule-in/out recommendations, cancellations, and past-due orders, to maintain schedule integrity.
• Coordinate with Production Supervisors and Shop Floor teams to align the Master Production Schedule (MPS) with actual capacity constraints, flagging bottlenecks and recommending corrective actions.
• Support the configuration, monitoring, and continuous improvement of the Advanced Manufacturing Execution System (MES), integrating real-time shop floor data into planning workflows to improve scheduling accuracy and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to identify and eliminate root causes of extended lead times, leveraging MES insights, historical data analysis, and supplier development initiatives to drive measurable cycle time reductions.
• Release inventory Purchase Requisitions (PRs) to Purchasing to ensure uninterrupted material availability.
• Facilitate inventory transfers between Business Units (BUs) when usable inventory is identified, optimizing stock utilization across the organization, including global stock.
• Collaborate with Sustaining Engineering to explore and implement alternative design options that utilize existing non-finished goods inventory, reducing obsolescence and write-offs.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Engineering and Purchasing to facilitate the procurement of samples prior to full-scale purchasing.
• Monitor the progress of open orders and escalate urgent requirements with Purchasing to ensure delivery schedules are met.
• Maintain and update the Material Shortage Report (MSR) by coordinating with Purchasing, Production Planning, and Customer Service, ensuring a clear and actionable overview of material shortages and recovery plans.
• Advise on shipment modes and coordinate with Customer Service for final confirmation to align with operational requirements.
• Continuously track and report on inventory metrics, including inventory levels versus targets, inventory trends, fast- and slow-moving stock, and supplies to other BUs, while identifying alternate options for better inventory management.
• Participate in cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives (Kaizen, Lean, or Six Sigma) focused on planning process efficiency, lead time compression, and inventory reduction.
• Generate regular planning performance reports covering MPS adherence, MRP execution rates, lead time trends, and capacity utilization, providing actionable insights to the Planning Manager.

Essential Knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles.
• Excellent knowledge of manufacturing processes.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess 2-5 years of experience in a planning, supply chain, or related analytical role, preferably within a manufacturing or petroleum industry context. A strong understanding of the responsibilities outlined is essential for success in this position.

Work Setting

This is a full-time position based at Alkhorayef Petroleum Company's facilities in Dammam, located in the Eastern region.

Application Information

Qualified candidates who meet the requirements are encouraged to submit their application for consideration.