High Salary Planner- Global II IND

Job Description

Job Description

Basic Job Functions:

- Assure the delivery of finished product from manufacturing facilities meets First Solar's allocations, customer contracts and requirements (Supply/Demand) at the best weighted average cost of production and delivery.
- Analyze capacity and demand
- Allocate finished goods
- Communicate plans and requirements to, and negotiate support from, First Solar organizations to assure timely product delivery at lowest overall delivered cost.
- Key member of sales and operations planning team
- Drive manufacturing reforecast process

Experience:

- 5 plus years experience in an international manufacturing environment in a Planner or Demand/Supply position.
- Experience with spreadsheet modeling and forecasting
- Additional experience in Customer Support, Production or Plant Operations or Supply Chain is an advantage.

Education:

- Four-year college degree in Business or related fields or equivalent.

Required Skills:

Behavioral:

- Refer to Manager/Professional competencies.

Technical:

- Advanced knowledge of sales and operations planning regarding the following key processes scheduling capacity, manufacturing capacity planning, and inventory management.
- Advanced knowledge of finished goods allocation, specifically acquiring input data, developing an executable solution and analyzing the results.
- Knowledge of SAP /APO optimizer a plus
- Proven organizational skills ability to prioritize.
- Proven computer skills, including Microsoft Office or equivalent.
- Intermediate to Advance level skills in Microsoft Access and Excel.
- Experience with statistics and liner programming a plus
- Demonstrated experience in planning management.
- Demonstrated experience in negotiating with internal and external organizations
- Knowledge of production planning, operations and supply chain in an international manufacturing environment.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

- Working with Customer Service, determine customer expectations based on existing contracts, changes in market conditions, and other related factors.
- Working with Plant Operations, project finished product production for up to five years.
- Communicate weekly, monthly and quarterly production plans and requirements to First Solar Supply Chain to identify material requirements to support production.
- Working with Logistics, optimize product delivery schedule, by product type and to specific customers, as well as logistics routes, to assure timely customer delivery at lowest overall delivered cost.
- Balance the actual output of finished product from First Solar manufacturing with customer expectations.
- Notify Customer Service of product availability, by customer, by efficiency, on a weekly basis and, working with operations and logistics, assure shipments are planned and initiated.
- Document and maintain business processes for Planning.
- Provide similar support and structure to other First Solar businesses as required.
- Maintain effective communications levels and foster team building.
- Rely on experience and judgment with minimal direct supervision to plan and accomplish goals.
- Assure adherence to all First Solar processes and procedures, including ISO9000, ISO14000, safety, housekeeping, etc.
- May travel, including internationally, to support customers and operations.
- First Solar customers expectations are met or exceeded regarding delivery performance.
- Production plans are communicated to assure internal organizations are lined up to support customer requirements.
- Failure to perform responsibilities will impact First Solar's customer satisfaction, and, ultimately, financial performance