Job Description

• Develop planning system strategies to improve signals across the supply chain.
• Monitor and adjust parameters in the planning system.
• Use common processes tools, and information systems.
• Analyze and interpret Key Performance Indicators to identify areas for improvement and action plans.
• Execute the daily operational planning process within a specified functional area.
• Identify potential supply chain failures as part of the planning process and mitigate associated risks.
• Work closely with stakeholders - internal and/or external to develop short term tactical improvements.
• Use the planning system to drive consistent planning signals across the supply chain.
• Participate in functional process improvement teams.

Responsibilities

Skills

• Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.
• Master Supply Scheduling - Establishes and maintains a valid Master Production Schedule for a family of products, which meets customer's expectations and requirements while maximizing operational efficiency; validates procurement scheduling, production scheduling, and replenishment planning are aligned to manufacturing and assembly assets for conversion.
• Materials KPI Management - Operates in relation to recent or historical outputs as compared to expectations of the organization to determine next steps to drive improvement; assesses gaps to the supply chain performance against the expectation of achieving target deliverables; interprets KPIs to understand end-customer impact; strategically balances trade-offs to influence one KPI while minimizing the impact to others.
• Materials Master Data Management - Determines the source of master data (bill-of-material, disposition code, planner code, etc.) ensuring changes are updated at the origin rather than downstream system(s); tracks, monitors, and improves the quality of master data feeding into the demand and supply plan.
• Materials Planning Parameters - Aligns parameters (minimum order quantity, multiple order quantity, lead time, part cost, etc.) to balance the supply and demand plans while stabilizing the supply chain; runs changes to parameter settings in the planning environment and analyzes the impact to customer delivery and inventory.
• Materials Planning System Utilization - Uses the materials planning system to manage supply and demand plans taking long-term corrective action on exception messages and other alerts based on root cause analysis; occasionally refers to ad hoc tools such as Excel, Access, TOAD, OMS, etc. in performing problem solving, while leveraging the materials planning system as the primary tool in day-to-day operations.
• Part Change Control Management - Evaluates and implements engineering change request (obsolescence, supersessions, new part release, etc.) to meet customer delivery requirements while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.
• Plan for Every Part (PFEP) - Uses PFEP in planning, designing, and management of systems and processes within a facility to ensure delivery of right part at the right time in the right quantity to the right place, which in turn guarantees smooth operations; applies PFEP principles on the end to end supply chain with particular attention to the relationships between master data management, materials planning parameters, engineered material flows, transport management, and warehouse management.

Qualifications

Education, Licenses, Certifications

B.S or B.A in applicable field
This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

• At least one internship or equivalent work experience in a supply chain role - preferred but not essential.
• Prepare and maintain the level loaded MPS in-line with MDS for month plan, 13 weeks rolling plan (Within the FPC) Zone, 4 to 36 months as per IBP.
• Cross Functional Stakeholder management - Ensure internal and external stakeholders' requirements are understood, captured, communicated and reverted with best possible solution.
• Manage the daily supply chain planning as per the Published LT, Forecast, Ad Hoc orders after inputs from COM, materials, sourcing, assembly, production, quality, finance etc.
• Champion the planning practices to improve overall material planning for buyers by reducing the instances/frequency of expediting the parts for builds.
• Champion the exception management from planning perspective.
• Manage and influence the production team for improved productivity to meet the customer requirements
• Identify challenges and work with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and implement short and mid-term tactical improvements.
• Leverage common practices, tools and information systems.
• Advise on changes to planning system parameter, item attributes, attending CRR forums to accept/reject the part changes/BOM changes.
• Ensure common processes are being utilized and internal controls are in place.