Responsible for timely material supply, as well as preparing and coordinating the production schedule with the various areas of the organization, following up on priorities and company-defined metrics. Optimizes inventory in order to achieve targets. Provides supply chain-related support as needed.
Responsibilities
PRODUCTION CONTROL
- Develops production schedules based on customer orders, ensuring a 94% LISC and keeping the cell in continuous production to avoid downtime.
- Establishes and monitors shipment targets based on production, and follows up on JOBs with more than 1 day of waiting after being sent to manufacturing for release and printing.
- Communicates and coordinates with Logistics and Purchasing when inventory levels fall below production requirements.
- Follows up on manufacturing operation sequence and lead time.
- Reviews production requirements in MRP, both timing and material needs.
- Levels demand based on available resources, using a rolling 3-month window updated monthly; provides work plans to meet customer requirements.
- Ensures there is a plan/demand and materials for a full 1-week horizon, confirming every Thursday to support lean staffing.
- Ensures all monthly subassemblies are on hand to avoid delays when releasing JOBs.
- Aligns with the inventory reduction program by continuously evaluating inventory levels to prevent or identify excess.
- Monitors proper material flow with suppliers (through expediting) and within the plant, ensuring compliance with procedures.
INVENTORY CONTROL
- Implements control and organization systems including Kanban, MRP, JIT, ParZap, and PFEP.
CONSIGNMENT MATERIAL
- Monitors standard target inventory quantities and ensures they are maintained.
- Analyzes disposition of excess and obsolete inventory and takes preventive actions.
- Ensures subassembly JOBs have the required maintenance and receipt transactions completed to avoid cell delays and status 11.
- Reduces Finished Goods inventory at EM locations to free up space.
- Ensures maintenance is performed on boxes returned from the warehouse and disposes of them appropriately to prevent accumulation.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
- Anticipates potential delivery date issues and takes preventive actions.
- Maintains constant communication with Customer Service (USA) to set up and expedite the production plan.
- Maintains the best possible levels of customer service, quality, delivery time, inventory turns, production productivity, and cost reduction.
- Ensures required information is completed on time to streamline customer calls.
- Works with Customer Service on "drop-in" orders to avoid impacting LISC; similarly, seeks to release low quantity orders without negative impact.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
- Follows and develops quality system procedures; serves as an internal auditor for the SAC system.
- Develops and implements continuous improvement projects based on Lean Manufacturing.
Qualifications
Proficient in production planning using MRP, PFEP, and Kanban; consignment and demand analysis.
- Inventory level management, materials procurement, and materials expediting.
- 2+ years as a Production Planner or Buyer.
- Lean Manufacturing knowledge.
- Results-oriented.
- Knowledge of ISO 9001.
- Communication skills.
- Decision-making.
- Teamwork.
- Lean Manufacturing.