Senior Production Planner - Shanbally, Ringaskiddy, Cork (Hybrid) We are a high-performing, team-based organization, where colleagues are flexible, multi-skilled and empowered to make decisions. A high level of initiative, energy and motivation are key role requirements, as well as organizational skills.
The primary role of the senior production planner is to play a lead role in the planning, scheduling & coordination of manufacturing activities across all DS Manufacturing, Filling & Packaging operations ensuring capacity and materials are available to support production operations.
The senior production planner will play a lead role in the development and implementation of systems and processes to ensure optimal conversion of the Long Range Plan/Master Production Schedule into detailed production plans as well as product launch activities.
This position involves building effective team and cross-functional relationships both internally in Shanbally and globally with our sister site in Novato CA and Global external operations.
RESPONSIBILITIES Participate in the development and implementation of systems and processes to ensure optimal conversion of the LRP into detailed production plans. Responsible for the integration and alignment of the various detailed production schedules with the LRP/MPS.Co-ordinate Schedule and support the ongoing maintenance of production planning activities in the execution of the Master Production Schedule and the translation of the MPS into detailed production schedules for intermediates to ensure that customer requirements are met.Lead role in the development of planning scenarios & presenting to cross-functional management teams to aid decision making.Responsible for completion of weekly MRP run or as required.Facilitate & participate in daily cross-functional RRR meeting to address schedule adherence and finalize activity plans.Facilitate weekly S&OE meetings ensuring cross-functional alignment on activities.Support the Presentation of production schedules to production and supporting departments, identifying any production and/or material constraints that can impact production progress.SME in ERP system suites and advanced planning and scheduling tools.Proficient in the use and understanding of how the systems work. – Use Case Training.Support Production planners in their use of system.Liaising with System Owners/ Vendors on system requirements.Lead process improvements, best practice sharing & knowledge transfer for business processes, Master Data, BOM's and Recipes, Oracle EBS, Oracle ASCP, Bio-G and Inventory Management.Support the troubleshooting of more complex issues & continually supports Production Planning team and colleagues from other functional groups.Bring information from experience.Communicate to manager and other departments as required.Support all other sub-functions of Material Operations as required adopting an end-to-end mindset.Development, maintenance and Approval of policies and procedures.Planning Representative on Tech Transfer team for the introduction of new products to site. Develop product and process knowledge of NPI to site. Proactively engage with Tech Transfer teams to define requirements.Analyse and Review data for end of campaign performance summaries.Build strong, effective cross-functional relationships with key stakeholders.Engage Right First Time (six-sigma) and lean manufacturing practices leading to operational excellence.Co-ordination, completion and approval of required compliance process activities including Change Control, Deviations, Event's & CAPA's.Develop, maintain and publish KPI's for manufacturing performance.EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Bachelor degree in Engineering, Business, Information Systems, Supply Chain or Finance.4+ years in production scheduling and planning processes, within an ERP system.Experience of working in an Oracle environment and audit experience would be desirable.Experience in the use of BioG/RTMS would be desirable.Experience in RCCP (Rough Cut Capacity Planning) would be an Advantage.Excellent Planning and Analytical skills.Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.APICS certification would be beneficial.
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