.**Planner B**:- Location- Latin America, Mexico, Tijuana- Job Reference- INTERCONNECTLATAM00304- Job Function- Operations- Job Purpose:- Plans and prepares Production Programs for the manufacture of industrial or consumer products, to comply with the Master Production Plan of the assigned area through maximizing Productivity levels. - Analysis, balancing (inventory, machine utilization) and management of supply vs demand. - Resolution of supply chain issues to ensure timely material, machine, manpower availability to achieve business plans and objectives. - Management of optimum inventory levels to achieve business targets.- Responsibilities and Accountabilities:- Plans and prepares production programs for the manufacture of industrial or consumer products. - Prepare the Production Program to establish the sequence and time required for each operation to meet the Shipping Dates in accordance with Sales Forecasts and Customer Orders. - Analyze the Production requirements regarding Direct Personnel and Processes to Optimize the Available Capacity of your Area. - Accelerates the Operations that are delaying the Program and alters the Programs according to unforeseen conditions. - Prepare Production Reports. - Maintains the Organization's Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). - Compliance and participating in all Smiths Interconnect's EHS programs, policies, procedures and training requirements. - Developing and maintaining optimal key internal and external relationships - Purchase order and work order management including data accuracy, order placement, supplier confirmations, overdues, reschedules, exceptions, non-direct and direct material ordering, managing outside operation etc. - Prompt and efficient resolution of supply constraint situations and critical shortages to ensure the on-time availability of materials and capacity to achieve business goals and objectives. - Proactive identification of future supply chain risks / capacity constraints and the generation / implementation of corrective actions to resolve - Close co-operation and communication of material/capacity constraints with internal stakeholders - Optimisation of inventory levels whilst assuring sufficient days of supply. - Optimisation of machine utilizations - Support supply chain improvement projects as required. - Master data management and accuracy (i.E. lead time, routing hour, work order and open purchase order book, Supply & Demand signalling process and rescheduling per business needs- General Activities:- Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. - Management of daily / weekly MRP output including work order & purchase order placement, work order & purchase order reschedules and exception reporting. - Management of the open work order & purchase order book including data accuracy of open orders, supplier & production confirmation and continuous control of unconfirmed & overdue orders