Planning Officer

The Planning Officer is responsible for production resource planning, developing daily and weekly production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met. Determine material, equipment, and labor requirements, prepare status and performance reports, and resolve production issues.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND TASKS:
Create and maintain a production plan across the planning horizon that delivers the sales plan and is balanced for capacity
Understand the end-to-end supply chain processes, capacities, lead times and bottlenecks to ensure an efficient plan
Maximize operational efficiency, quality and reliability through optimal scheduling of production assets
oversee supply and inventory balance for imported items
Communicate the strategic decisions across functional and business units regarding demand and supply balancing, inventory management, long range planning and the implementation of lifecycle changes into the supply chain
Communicate on overall product strategy to Supply Chain to ensure alignment with key stakeholders
Ensure supply planning impact is acknowledged by all stakeholders and achieve optimal demand/supply balancing
Perform set scheduling of work orders in consideration of key constraints
Replenish products using netted demand in support of inventory targets
Develop plans and contingencies for ensuring stable supply for the introduction of new products and/or implementation of product lifecycle changes
Support continuous improvement to drive expanded capabilities, improve the efficiency of existing processes and enable cost reduction.
Collect and organize data to inform decisions and action plans that support program improvements
Identify, negotiate, and bring to resolution any demand/supply imbalances working with the Plant Management
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS
Minimum Experience: 5+ years of experience
Minimum Education: Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or any related field
Knowledge & Skills:
Proven experience in using MRP/ERP Systems
Fulfillment operations experience (forecasting, planning, order management, inventory control and logistics)
Detail oriented
Very Good communication and negotiation skills
Ability to solve problems and create solutions
Strong process / system background
Ability to drive improvements in new processes/systems
Proficient and supply and demand planning

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