Job Description Summary
Reporting to Power Transmission S&OP leader, the planning initiative manager is responsible for leading Initiatives & projects in order to improve Power Transmission plant planning process and accuracy. You will operationally support the PT plants in improving their planning practices and tools and contribute to drive Planning processes, on-time delivery, hours and output optimization in order to ensure customer satisfaction and optimal U/O recovery.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Act as Business Process Expert for Planning (S&OP, MPS,MRP and detailed scheduling)
- Benchmark best practices across businesses, industries and plants to optimize the planning efficiency and efficacy.
- Support plants in improving their MPS/MRP process to increase adherence to plan and planning accuracy and improve use of available capacity
- Increase/improve use of SAP in the planning area, and identify potential needs of additional digital tools for planning
- Contribute to design and implement innovative digital tools related to planning and scheduling, if needed, and ensure consistency across the organization
- Align digital roadmap with the DT team and ensure that a standardize approach is taken across the business
- Support development of SAP analytics tools to track hours and output automatically and slowly reduce the need of manual inputs where possible
- Investigate potential use of AI in the planning/material area
- International and Domstic Travel 30 - 35%
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, PM, Supply chain management, business from an accredited university or college or alternatively a solid experience in the field
- Minimum of 5 year experience in industrial supply chain or sourcing
- Strong Knowledge of SAP Planning/Scheduling Functionalities
Desired Characteristics
- Experience in Supply chain operations, manufacturing and planning is a plus
- Broad competence in flow analyses
- Fluency in English
- Appetite for digital tools
- Lean mindset & Continuous improvement attitude
- CPIM certification is a plus
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No