**Responsibilities**:
- S&OP- Sales & Operation Process, Demand, Production plan, shipping plan.
- Preparation of Master plans Firm Orders and Forecast Review to determine Month Closing Sales (Sales projections), considering material restrictions.
- Demand Analysis Vs Capacity line rates to convert them to MO (Manufacturing Orders)
- Close communication with internal and external customers for the planning and execution of production.
- Maintain finished product levels according to the customer required dates to achieve RDSL Metric.
- Create orders in MRP IndustrIOS based on the loaded Sales Orders (Customer demand) and present planning programs.
- Production Control of MO manufacturing orders of production plan.
- Clear to build verification with buyers to view material availability dates and prepare the production schedule or reschedule.
- Create recovery plans based on high priorities and material coverage.
- Accountable for Finish Good and WIP inventory levels according to the Targets
- Coordination with Warehouse and Production for sequence of Kitting required for Production plans.
- Active interaction with Purchasing, Warehouse, Production, Engineering, Maintenance areas.
- Attend both internal/external meeting where the Planner be required.
- Maintain planning metrics at set levels.
- Knowledge in ECN & RMA processes.
- Participation in annual physical inventories, Analysis as required by the company.
- Comply with the safety guidelines established by the company.
- Meet the trainings, certifications needed in planning
- Coordination of Shipments with Customers, Production, Warehouse for Sales Compliance.
- Check inventories in final line process and packaging area.
- Establish procedures for effective implementation in planning
- Work on process improvements projects
- Coordinate the implementation of New Products and Engineering Changes, related to the execution within the Materials Department Ensure all the tasks-activities before the product launch and the engineering changes are executed.
- The activities listed for this position are illustrative not limited to include others as required.
**Authority:
It is the main contact with customers, receives and analyzes demand, determines the production program by model according to customer requirement, deliver the Production Plan, Sales projection, and ensure shipments in a timely manner to customers.
**Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and / or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5 years' experience in a manufacturing and materials environment.
- Experience required on production planning and production control for discrete orders.
- Analytical approach to problem solving
- Working knowledge of ERP-MRP functionality (Industrios, SAP, Oracle, JDE, other),
- Bilingual English-Spanish.
- Effective communication skills.
- Strong Leadership skills and teamwork
- Excellent Computer Skills (excel, word and Power Point)
