Planning Lead

Role Summary/Purpose
The Planning Leader will lead the team of Planners and interface with the Projects teams to drive a meaningful an attainable schedule. The Leader will work closely with the Supply chain and engineering and sourcing function, developing a medium-term planning strategy and maintaining data within the ERP system.
Essential Responsibilities

• Manage a planning team in Surface Pressure Control
• Interface heavily with Project and cross functional leadership teams
• Manage Master Scheduling and S&OP activities for SPC UK
• They will demonstrate leadership in communicating business goals/programs/processes for the manufacturing cell, with the experience or expertise to solve problems & develop/execute objectives for self and others.
• Supervise placing, management, and processing of all purchase orders requisition (POR) to fulfil customer requirements.
• Analyse data in order to constantly update pull in and push out for purchased items.
• Identify all critical materials shortages, monitor the implementation of corrective actions plans, control inventory levels of hardware, and coordinate the disposition of obsolete, non-conforming, and excess hardware.
• Assure timely release of material requirements, and monitor status of Request for Material / Change in Procurement Instruction through evaluation of stock out requirements and critical parts lists
• Work closely with sourcing buyer(s) counterpart to ensure timely information flow & overall GSCM objectives are understood and met.
• Work closely with MRP planner and Sourcing to drive Vendor OTD and recovery action plan
• Be proactive to propose new suppliers/sources requirements as necessary to reduce manufacturing risk and increase OTD.
• Responsible for inventory management for assigned parts and processes required to ensure material input to support customer requirements while financial inventory objectives are accomplished.
• Evaluate impact of Engineering Change Order and take consequent actions.
• Analyse Cell workload and develop level loading actions such as farm out or alternative resources.
• Utilize modelling data and obtain collaborative feedback to perform optimization simulations and recovery scheduling.
• Drive key business metrics such as on-time delivery, MRP Due date and Commit date alignments, Workload, and actions plan to meet business quarter target.
• Improve the hand over process.
• Apply appropriate optimization methodologies to balance service level, inventory, and resource utilization using advanced planning tools.
• Interface with Demand Management, Shop Scheduling, production team, and all sources of supply, customer service reps, and other organizations as required.
• Identify and drive system improvements to support productivity and lean manufacturing improvements.
• Support and expand on all opportunities to drive improvements in inventory, fulfilment, cycletime, capacity management, and growth
• Enhance actual planning tools (Oracle, Cyberplan...) and processes to manage critical milestones for each supply chain to ensure 100%. Push business to more system-based processes
• Investigate and understand inventory profile, reporting out on status and on-going actions to mitigate inventory increases.
• Review unallocated inventory and utilize where possible by approved substitution or alternate use.
• Develop and implement inventory programs including surplus reduction and supplier stocking programs
• Work closely with inventory leader to maintain an integrated scheduling and inventory report to forecast inventory levels based on changes in the master schedule
• Manage inventories to eliminate and prevent excess and inactive material

Qualifications/Requirements

• Proven years' experience in a Manufacturing Planning Role
• Exposure to a Manufacturing and Services Repair and Overhaul Environments