Factory Production Planner

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You're part of a global team built on inclusion, mastery, purpose, action, curiosity, and teamwork, turning sustainability ambitions into actions.

The Role: 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 ca...