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The operational planning team leader will lead a team of line planners who are responsible for both short term line scheduling and raw/pack material call off. The team leader will be accountable for signing off of weekly production plans, factory KPIs (service/inventory/ obsoletes/cost), rough cut capacity plans, transformation projects and operational escalations. Alongside this, team leader will also act as line planner fulfilling normal roles and responsibilities if needed.
Job Responsibility:
Leadership & support of sourcing unit planning team
Accountable for SU Planning KPIs (service/inventory/DBNR/obsoletes/cost)
Accountable for SU capacity management, RCCP / LTCP
Manage the master production schedule including optimising the production plan to meet the customer requirements
Based on demonstrated output, review planning indices and maintain line capacity to ensure production plans are achievable within known factory constraints
Maintain optimum material/finished good stock levels in line with stock models
Lead run strategy for site (DBNR) to maximise cost efficiency of production vs customer demand
Management of end of life stock to minimise obsoletes and write-off
Daily call-off of materials & co-ordination with suppliers in line with production requirements (including push backs & pull forwards / urgent requirement changes)
Daily delivery co-ordination with suppliers/hauliers/Ultralogistics
Accountable for execution of innovation projects
Lead investigations and complete actions related to planning errors in line with continuous improvement tools / framework
Lead crisis management & escalation
Requirements:
Previous experience as production scheduler within manufacturing environment
Strong working knowledge of use of SAP / MRP / ERP systems and Microsoft Excel
Pro-active and analytical with ability to understand trade-offs when providing solutions to problems
Strong communication & analytical skills
Well developed ability to build a team/network, train & empower them and hold accountable