Lead Industrial Planner

Job Description

Lead Industrial Planner based on site in Plymouth to start asap to manage the adequacy between Demand (Firm & Forecast) and Resources (Manufacturing & Procurement) to reach customers QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) and projects timescales while optimising site resources (people, machines & cash)

Key accountabilities:

• Apply Industrial Planning Golden rules. Apply EHS (Environment Health Safety) rules (Zero Deviation Plan) when moving in workshopsManage demand (firm & forecast) in the Core Planning Tools and/or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
• Capture the Demand To consolidate and analyse the demand forecast (BoQs / BOMs (Business Opportunity Management) and forecast plan) from tender team, project team and S&OP (Sales & Operations Plan) demand plan.
• Check the consistency and completeness of the demand forecast and put in place corrective actions when needed. Inject the demand forecast into GSI (and / or Short-Term Monthly Demand Planning tool)
• Contribute to the anticipation process (consolidate, check approval process consistency, perform netting when Sales Order is placed)For firm demand, validate the adequacy between the need expressed by the project team and the product lead-time communicated by the supplier before registering the firm need into GSI (through Sales Order, Activity Network, Purchasing Info Record (PIR), etc.)
• Guarantee that the data inside the ERP / Core Planning Tool are the latest update.2. Contribute to planning instances & monthly reporting.
• Collaborate to the quarterly S&OP: Build the industrial planning for opportunities in coherency with inputs from tender team, project team, site strategic plan and firm projects already in the portfolio.
• Perform operations workload versus workforce analysis and analyse bottlenecks (site capacity) Provide output to central S&OP team for global consolidation.
• Ensure that S&OP instance decisions are reflected as input into Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) Participate to the SIOP cycle by doing the appropriate simulations and propose feasible scenario to support decisions to be taken (with internal and/or external solution) Ensure that SIOP instance decisions are reflected into MPS and/or Material Delivery Plan and cascade through the organization with appropriate communication to internal / external suppliers.
• Support the stakeholders (i.e. Product Manager, Obsolescence Manager & Catalogue Managers) in production volumes analysis / consolidation. Report the Work In Progress (WIP) and Finished goods (FG) for Hard Inventory (HI) consolidation in time.
• Report the Manufacturing throughput and Production Performance KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) in time. Ensure that all KPIs are calculated according to the standard rules.3. Build and update the Master Production Schedule (Firm Demand only) Build the production plan taken into account availability of Material, Men, Machine (3M approach) Get the commitment on the hypothesis taken from all stakeholdersResource Management: Calculate manufacturing and testing workload inside the Planning Tool / ERP Identify the quantity of resources (not nominatively) needed per workshop, metier, skills Share results for monthly meeting Manage resource with industrial team and HRBottleneck analysis:
• Identify the bottlenecks as well as all other possible risks on the production plan. Alert Industrial Planning manager and PrPM / SSM of the projects involved each time maximum capacity is reached. Propose scenario to secure and/or recover production plan (internal and/or external solution) Daily monitoring: Monitor production plan adherence. Analyse the root causes of delay of the production plan (using 5-Why method) and their impact (including on other projects in case of multi project line)
• Participate to alignment meeting with industrial teams (Manufacturing / Testing / Supply Chain)Contribute to escalation process in case of non-adherence. Guarantee that the data inside the ERP / Core Planning Tool are the latest update. Update industrial planning into the Planning Tool / ERP each time there is a change validated by all stakeholders. Update weekly the actual dates and communicate internally on the production plan status through a cockpit (tables, graphs)
• Prepare and participate to site planning instances / meetings. In case of particular event (strike, pandemic, supplier crisis, etc.): Evaluate impact by doing simulation to be validated in the appropriate instance. After decision is taken, update industrial planning into the Planning Tool / ERP.

Educational Requirements: Graduated from university or engineering school (Master’s degree)

Desirable Experience: Experience in supply chain or in planning Knowledgeable of End-to-End vision for Industrial Planning process and process impact in ERP for procurement and manufacturing

Competencies & Skills: Technical: Good knowledge of Core Planning Tool, ERP and Excel Good level of English Behavioural: Good Communication and collaborative skills Innovative, pro-active and positive Customer oriented Sense of urgency and autonomous Able to make the synthesis of a critical issue

Shifts: Monday – Friday Days

Hours: 37 hours per week

Duration: Long term ongoing

18-month long term contract.

If you are an experienced Industrialisation Engineer and are currently looking for a new challenge then please submit an up-to-date CV by using the ‘apply’ button below.

For an informal chat please phone 01752 252533 and ask for Laura. Many thanks for your interest.