Description:
In this role, you will develop and execute planning strategies that balance business needs, costs, and risks. You will collaborate across supply chain, manufacturing, and sourcing teams to ensure delivery of reliability and meet output and inventory targets.
Your Responsibilities will include:
- Developing and maintaining the Master Production Schedule (MPS), balancing business opportunities, costs, and risks.
- Lead end-to-end planning across all demand types and align plans across supply chain, factories, and sourcing.
- Drive the monthly Demand & Supply (D&S) cycle with an 8-quarter horizon to optimize module output.
- Contribute to long-term manufacturing readiness (MR) capability assessments (10-year horizon).
- Execute and monitor the D&S plan, manage deviations, and control critical paths and decision gates.
- Improve planning processes, methodologies, and tools.
- Define and manage optimal buffer strategies across the value chain to reduce inefficient inventory.
- Support reverse planning for field operations (“As-New” planning).
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Econometrics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or degree in related field.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in a production environment, preferably in a high-tech, low-volume, discrete manufacturing environment.
- Experience with Master Planning, S&OP, and MPS.
- Proficiency in MS Office and SAP; financial acumen for decision-making.
- Experience leading or participating in supply chain improvement projects.
- Experience with NPI planning preferred