The Senior Production Planner plays a crucial role in leading and optimizing production by forecasting, analyzing, and managing capacity requirements for live orders, backlog, and sales pipelines.
This role involves leading planners and collaborating with various departments, including sales, project teams, and the global LOB team, to ensure efficient resource utilization, meet on-time production demands, and balance supply and demand.
It requires exceptional leadership, collaboration, strategic thinking, analytical skills, and clear communication to drive production workflow success. The planner will also track all planning KPIs across the line of business, ensuring targets are met and taking data-driven corrective actions when necessary.
Responsibilities
* Lead planners within LOB and collaborate cross-functionally to share best practices and improve standards.
* Own LOB planning KPIs and ensure the accuracy of work for the team.
* Develop and maintain accurate production plans, records, and KPIs.
* Analyze production schedules, historical data, and market demand to develop capacity plans.
* Work with production, sales, and supply chain teams to understand current and future requirements.
* Monitor and adjust forecasts based on demand or capacity changes.
* Liaise with sales, marketing, and procurement to gather market trend and demand information.
* Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to align production plans with business goals.
* Monitor production performance against capacity plans and KPIs.
* Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, proposing improvements.
* Identify risks to capacity and develop contingency plans.
* Implement risk mitigation strategies with stakeholders.
* Evaluate and recommend process improvements for efficiency and utilization.
* Generate reports on capacity performance and present findings to stakeholders.
Qualifications
* 3-7+ years in production planning within manufacturing environments.
* Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business, or related field.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Proficiency in Excel and Smartsheet.
* Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
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Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Management and Manufacturing
Industries
* Manufacturing
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