2. Position duties and responsibilities
— Manages capacity planning requirements for the site including business supply needs, new production pipeline volume builds and other plant project work.
— Plans and prepares production schedules for manufacturing through subordinate planners and schedulers, develops and implements production planning policies, standards, guidelines, technology and procedures.
— Responsible for short term and medium-term capacity planning.
— Manages production planning and sets clear performance standards; holds people accountable for results, delivers customer service goals, optimizes inventory investments, meets production
requirements, safety targets, non-conformance/quality improvement goals, builds cross-functional and cross-departmental support, fosters overall group effectiveness.
— Coaches and guides teams / individuals to mine data from appropriate systems and to carry out complex analysis for ad-hoc business requests.
— Develops and manages local and sector programs to deliver continuous improvement in KPI’s.
— Develops, coaches, and guides planning team in the execution of strategic initiatives and the realization of department and company goals; advances succession planning by holding career conversations with staff.
— Manages and controls plant inventory.
— Owns and updates sector vulnerability report.
— Manages plant Slow Moving & Obsolete (SLOB).
— Leads/supports all compliance process activities including change control, deviations, events & non-conformance reports and assess supply impact.
— Leads the team of planners for the site— 4-year university bachelor’s degree or equivalent
— Supply chain certification (APICS/ IBF) desirable
— Six Sigma and/or Lean certification desirable
— fluent English— 5 - 7 years related experience
— Experience with ERP & advanced planning systems
— Production planning or manufacturing experience in a medical, pharmaceutical or consumer industry
— Familiarity with relevant legislation (e.g. GMP, ISO requirements) is desirable
Interpersonal skills / characteristics:
— Ability to develop, coach and lead a team of planners
— Ability to coach & develop a team of diverse, Credo-based global leaders
— Ability to build strong collaborative teams and relationships, leading cross functional and/or virtual teams where required
— Ability to communicate clearly, making the complex clear and compelling to all levels of the organization in both written & oral forms