Senior Factory Production Planner

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The Role: Senior Factory Production Planner

What will you do?

• Manages the process of production planning and cell loading.

Plans and coordinates the allocation of raw materials between facilities and other manufacturing sites (both internal & external) to optimize the production of division products based on the Master Production Schedule (MPS), raising the necessary heads-up on critical materials affecting the MPS build.

Analyzes supply status and availability of Finished Goods from Distribution Centers (DC) worldwide and realigns Finished Goods supply for healthy stocking

• Drives materials available to support MPS build the plan and works with the Procurement team to ensure timely deliveries of raw materials

• Analyzes MPS misses in Line Item (LIPAS) and Volume Performance (VOLPAS) against Schedule and relates the impact of misses on the Backorder Report / Release Unshippable (RU)

• Prepares a Recovery Plan for products or product family with critical Distribution Center (DC) and in-transit Finished Goods (FGs) supply and communicates exemption report to Management team, Demand and Supply Chain (SCP) Corporate Planning group

• Project possible backorders and request the necessary changes in MPS to recover from the backlog

• Review corporate sourcing reports for DC allocation and shipment prioritization

• Establishes priorities and sets logistics directions for specific customer orders in product shortage situations

• Works with New Product Development/Transfer (NPD/NPT) Planners and divisional management to ensure that prior to product transitioning, phased-out products have healthy supply positions and material supplies pipeline for those being phased in are in place

• Ensures Discrete Jobs are available in the Oracle system

• Works together with Production Planning & Control (PPC) Planner for the availability of locally supplied or Just in-time (JIT) materials

• Works with the Engineering support team on parts with Engineering Change Order (ECO) affecting the products

• Maintains tracker file for MPS LIPAS and production status information

• Works with the Operations team on manufacturing issues affecting the plan and escalates gap on any capacity constraints on resources - manpower, machines, methods

• Follows through timely preparation and release of ECO documentation for identified alternate parts

• Coordinates with Operations and Supply Chain team on inventory management and improves customer satisfaction

Who would be successful?

• With a Bachelor's Degree preferably in Engineering course, Accountancy or Mathematics

• With at least 2 years of Planning experience or related Supply Chain function acquired from an elec...