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, 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 Material Planner for a permanent position in Pinto, Madrid we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your planning expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside young and proactive teammates.

You will manage the material needs int line with the strategic HI and Cash Flow. Day-to-day, you will be responsible of the configuration for the material process to ensure material availability and rotation. You wil work closely with teams across the business (Engineering, Operations and Projects), to coordinate the material needs and much more.

You’ll be the main interface for Projects and Operations with the materials availability for short, mid and long term. 

We’ll look to you for:

• Manage the material needs in coordination with the teams from Engineering, Operations and Projects. 


• Define strategic and policies for stock management in line with the budget of projects and objetives of the unit around the Cash Flow. 


• Consolidate the need from Operations / Production and the Bill of Material for the correct execution of the material requirement planning for the correct generation of purchaise request, optimizing in terms of lot size and frequency ensuring the material supply and availability. 


• Improve the visibility on materials for production and operations. 


• Perform inventory analysis for the right definition and procurement strategy. 


• Generate actions plans for the inventory reduction and increase of the rotation of the inventory. 


• Anticipate the risk for the stock shortages and the needs of materials supply in order to provide visibility to Sourcing for the right and optimal negociation with the suppliers. 


• Place purchaise orders, manage order acknowledge, follow up and delivery control. 


• Management of suppliers non conformities. 

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: 

• Academic background in Technical Engineering or Industrial Superior. 


• Intermediate english level. 


• Experience with SAP. 


• Experience of 1-3 years in similar positions. 

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:

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues


• Contribute to innovative projects


• Utilise our cooperative working environment


• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage.

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 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.