Sr Planner
Purpose of Position
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Meet customer expectations of on time delivery as customer service champion.
On a daily basis, assures customer orders are acknowledged utilizing available resources and materials management techniques:
Maintain raw material flow from vendor/supplier establishing partnerships.
Interfaces between production and customer care representatives:
Sr. Planner is the voice of the customer in the plant:
Provide mentoring to Planners and Jr Planners on technical areas and skills.
Support department and organization growth by analyzing constraints and suggesting and leading projects to implement solutions, as well as meeting the department objectives and managing the most complex product line families of the operation
Responsibilities and tasks of the position
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Analyzes customer order requirement, production capacity and material availability to acknowledge shipping dates for assigned production lines:
Execute and maintain Master Production Schedule as required:
Execute and troubleshoot MRP messages and recommendation to ensure raw material components from internal and external suppliers are ordered on time, accordingto our sales expectations (forecast):
Ensure these components are received and forwarded to the manufacturing facility accurately and on a timmely manner:
Create, support and promote techniques to maintain system integrity (e.g.
planning factors like leadtime schedule type, Safety Stock, planner code and/or buyer code):
Communicates issues/concerns related to schedule changes caused by design problems, capacity limitation or material shortages, to appropriate levels within the organization:
Promote, support and follow up on department and company goals (e.g.
Promise of Delivery and Customer Sensitivity):
Communicate and follow up issues/concerns related to schedule changes caused by design problems, capacity limitation, material shortage or short lead time from customers, to the appropriate level of the organization (e.g.
Supervisors, CSR, PLM):
Interact with corporate Customer Care Representatives (CCR's) at on:
going basis:
Interact and follow up with PLM on product behavior:
Work actively with PLM to contribute to the efficiency of the forecasting of products:
Monitors inventory levels and implement strategies to maintain it at optimum levels in order to optimize inventory turns, efficiencies and ensuring supply:
Coordinates production strategies with manufacturing and PLM to develop stock quantities to satisfy rushed customer orders:
Established and maintains communication with internal/external suppliers to improve lead times, and other issues concerning to raw materials:
Evaluate and implement PPCs and TPC'S and support other activities related to the planning function, (e.g.
update lead time and re:
promise databases, etc.
):
Support developing and mentoring of Planners and Jr Planners.
Active participation on team work and leadership efforts, in order to optimise available resources as required by the area supervisor:
Coordinates Lean Supply Chain efforts to establish strategies as buffering man