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**Job Function: **
Supply Chain Planning
**Job Sub Function: **
Production Planning & Scheduling
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Job Description:
About MedTech
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**We are searching for the best talent for **PRODUCTION PLANNING AND LOGISTICS LEADER.
**Purpose: **
- May lead a small team of planners to ensure that production is completed as efficient as possible.
- Responsible to develop systems to improve site efficiency utilizing all available resources to plan production while meeting customer requirements and inventory targets.
You will be responsible for:
- Leads preparation of schedules and ensures timely completion of work orders for manufacturing processes.
- Leads customer service and inventory results for their assigned codes.
- Leads analysis of product demand, sales patterns, forecasts, production specifications and plant capacity data.
- Identifies raw material and component requirements for production from engineering and production.
- Monitors planning modules or production planning systems and related information
- Drive opportunities for lead time improvements.
- Act as the business unit manager’s customer service champion and recommend actions to achieve service and inventory objectives.
- Provides guidance on any activity that affects capacity required to achieve the short-term production volume, which would include making recommendation to the business unit manager on the need to run overtime to achieve the production requirements.
- Leads review of capacity loads and identifies possible manufacturing constraints. Monitors and anticipates production issues due to capacity and new product launches. Ensures resources required for production.
- Provide weekly and daily direction to the manufacturing business unit manager and leadership team to ensure required production levels are achieved.
- Ensures systems data integrity and accuracy of signals.
- Ensure optimum mix of codes and quantities are scheduled within available capacity daily.
- Coordinate with supply chain partners to ensure raw materials are available to achieve the production plan.
- Work with Supply Planner to identify proper allocation of scarce raw materials.
Qualifications / Requirements:
- APICS Certification, Training, and/or use of tools are preferred
- It is preferred that the candidate has supply chain/operations and medical device experience and work
- experience in a regulatory environment and knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes
- and procedures.
- Proficient knowledge of Data Mining report skills through MS-Excel (or equivalent).
- Data mining /reporting skills through SQL Tools desirable.
- Advance planning systems (APS/APO) Experience is required.
- Documentation control experienced is required (Adaptiv)
- The candidate should have excellent oral and written communication skills to convey concise and
- effective information regarding work requirement and ideas. Excellent interpersonal relationship skills are
- required.
- The candidate must also be able to function independently while supporting the overall team’s goals. As
- this manufacturing facility is a 24-hour, 7-day operation, the candidate may be required work varying off
- shift and weekends in support of operation
- Working knowledge of financial processes is required
- Experienced execution in ERP/Planning systems user required.
- Six Sigma or Lean Green belt certification Desirable.
- Strong organization skills and an aptitude for planning
- Accuracy with attention to detail
- Proactive approach
- Able to work with limited supervision
- Persuading and influencing others
- Can drive continuous process improvements.
- Ability to translate complex situations into simple working solutions
- Able to work with limited supervision
- Proficient user of MS Office, Excel, Word Power Point.
- Ability to provide direction to production planning resources.
- People leader and supervisory skills.
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**Required Skills: **
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Business Savvy, Communication, Demand Forecasting, Demand Planning, Distribution Management, Inventory Optimization, Manufacturing Flow Management, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Problem Solving, Process Optimization, Product Design, Production Operations, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Relationship Building, Supply Planning, Workflow Analysis