Job Description

FINISHED GOODS PLANNER

Major Responsibilities:

• The FG Planner role is responsible for the near term (Primarily 0-4 month horizon) coordination and scheduling of supply / demand plans (inventory plans) for specified machines and / or materials. Material scope could include Finished Goods, Intermediate Goods, and Raw Materials.
• Develop finite plans on a weekly rolling basis to optimize machine and material usage.
• Create and communicate a valid master production schedule on a weekly rolling basis to maximize available machine hours, material usage, and labor.
• Daily review and optimization of finite planning schedules taking into account operational and material changes along with business requirements/needs.
• Daily and weekly review of production schedule and raw material ordering system exceptions or signals to ensure proper action is being taken to ensure supply of finished product to customer.
• Define and communicate raw material concerns / issues and impact to finite production schedules.
• Review and maintenance of specific system master data fields to ensure appropriate and updated information is driving actions and decisions from ERP systems.

All Planners should have an excellent understanding of ERP/MRP concepts and principles, use of Baan, SAP or other ERP systems, Solvay business strategies, customer base, material management and operations and supply chain processes including unique issues and constraints.

This position requires strong analytical, problem solving (root cause / Pareto) and communication skills. This role reports to the Planning and Scheduling Lead for the specific site assigned.

Balancing Supply and Demand months 0-4

• Responsible for the near term coordination and preparation of specified supply and demand plans.
• Development of a monthly supply demand plan providing visibility to specified material demands and associated supply, identify barriers / constraints, and make recommendations for resolving gaps.
• Management of specified material needs using the monthly supply demand plan as well as MRP exception messages and other SAP tools. This includes; configuration planning; specified material availability versus demand; inventory analysis; direct and in-direct requirements all in support of Solvay commercial requirements.
• Coordination role between planning and customer service to include across sites or world areas where necessary.
• SAP planning and scheduling management – interface with machines to ensure that the near term and long term plans are integrated.

Planning Responsibilities

• Generate cost savings, cost avoidance and product improvement efforts where possible.
• Production planning against medium and short term plan
• Dynamic rescheduling to cope with short term production issues
• Sales Order date confirmation
• Coordination with other departments (Customer service, logistics, production, etc.

Inventory Management

• Optimize manufacturing and customer service as it relates to specified materials (balance between manufacturing cost and inventory carrying cost).
• Analyze risks associated with inventory (too much or too little) and define alternatives / recommendations.
• Utilize inventory tools to manage specified materials inventory.
• Weekly analysis of specified manufactured and purchased materials & end of month inventory valuation. Identification of product cross referencing internally and inter-company, SMOG analysis, opportunities for SMOG/scrap sales / inventory transfer to other sites.
• Coordinate production order adjustments or purchase order modification to maximize inventory usage.
• Conduct forecast review for planned production and/or purchase orders.

Key Measurements for this Position (over the next 12 months):

• Acquire product, materials and process knowledge.
• Implement, expand, and sustain monthly specified supply and demand plans.
• Standardization of specified material management activities – including formalized business process development.
• Establish relationships with both internal and external customers
• Demonstrate the ability to quickly assess any constraint situation and apply what-if scenario planning using the commercial upside / risk demand numbers.
• Improve cost position through improved planning (reducing expedites), managing specified material inventories within target levels and negotiating any one time material needs.

Metrics include:

• Actual versus planned lead-times
• Achieve monthly inventory target
• On Time / In Full
• Meeting Customer Request Dates
• Timely order promising
• Number of stock outs
• Number of schedule changes in fixed week plan due to noted reason
• Inventory levels on hand $ and days
• SMOG monitoring and disposition

Requirements:

• Must have a completed BS Degree
• Ideally 5-7 years of experience but will consider candidate with 2-3 years if they have a Supply Chain Management degree or APICS certification
• Advanced Excel knowledge strongly desired
• Self motivated and capable of understanding Solvay’s manufacturing processes and the interdependencies while continuously improving one’s own business practices.
• Business aware – capable of assimilating a lot of information and of making informed decisions under pressure.
• Consistent, proactive, high energy level and able to work on own initiative.
• Highly developed problem solving skills and critical thinking.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills in order to ensure efficient communication exchange with all departments at all levels and suppliers. Demonstrated ability to influence others.
• Ability to see the bigger picture, yet good attention to detail.

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