**Description****Primary Purpose**:Ensure a proper execution on production planning areas by bring strategy, couching & an escalation point to production planners. Adopt a continuous improvement methodology in the area sharing knowledge, tools & experience so the team can focus on the operation.Stablish an escalation point to improve the performance of the team.Lead the team on a best practices culture; developing metrics and bring periodically feedback to the team.**Duties and Responsabilities**:- Lead production planning team by bringing tools, couching, feedback and proper and in time support.- Support operations team bringing visibility, feedback, projections of the demand and customer behavior.- Collaborate with operations team looking for improvements with from materials perspective.- Measure & leveling the workload through the team with the different customer/product/sub ASSY based on the skills, experience & knowledge of the team.- Forecast the headcount need it based on the new business, BU needs, internal workload.- Develop tools, share knowledge, bring proper skills that may help them to increase performance and/or automate planning process.- Point of contact for internal & external escalations.- Participate on internal & external audits; bring right & accurate information.- Develop, maintain & keep update documentation such as RREs, Job description, production planning process procedures.- Manage vacations & coverage with in the planning team.**Work Experience**:**Required**:- 10 years of experience (At least 3 years managing people).- Proven work experience on demand management, planning areas and leading teams.- Proven ability to use problem solving such as 5 whys, Ishikawa, PDCA, Kaizen methodologies and lean manufacturing.**Preferred**:Experience on operations SMT, Back End, manual ASSY, automated process.**Education**:Bachelor's DegreeEnglish Professional Proficiency**Preferred**Master's degree in Administration.Planning APICS certifications.Ns, PCNs, NPIs, Product Eng, PM experience