Planner- Global Ii Ind

**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 mínimal 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 - Job Identification - 1022083 - Job Category - Demand Mgmt-Fulfillment - Posting Date - 07/31/2025, 01:36 PM - Job Schedule - Full time - Locations - Plot No.A-1/1 SIPCOT Industrial Park, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, 602105, IN - Work Schedule - Normal Shift (PMT)