The Netherlands - Eindhoven |
Are you an experienced planning professional with a passion for driving continuous improvement and coordinating complex production schedules?
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About the role
We are seeking a driven and highly skilled professional to take on the responsibility of coordinating production planning for the PCBA production unit, consisting of multiple production departments. As a key player in optimizing our planning processes, improving performance, and supporting operational teams, you will have a direct impact on the efficiency and success of our production operations.
As a Tactical Operations Planner, you will coordinate and steer production planning activities across the production unit. With over 1000 unique products and managing over 100 production orders weekly, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring efficient scheduling, optimal resource utilization, and on-time delivery to meet customer expectations. You will collaborate closely with planners and other stakeholders of each production department, as well as with cross-functional departments and management. This role requires a strong analytical mindset, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively.
Key responsibilities
- Setup and maintain daily, weekly and monthly KPI’S to make sure you are in the lead of the production planning.
- Generating input for capacity planning and aligning production capacity with the strategic Sales & Operations planning (S&OP) cycle.
- Track and drive the improvement of key performance indicators within production planning, such as on-time delivery and Work-in-progress, ensuring adherence to business goals.
- Initiate and lead process improvement projects, working closely with production, supply chain, and other internal stakeholders to ensure continuous improvement in production and planning processes.
- Act as primary point of contact for planning escalations, swiftly coordinating resolutions with cross-functional teams and ensuring minimal disruption to planning schedules.
Master’s degree in supply chain, operations management or a related field.
Minium of 5 years of relevant work experience.
Experience in data analytics (Power BI, Excel).
Excellent understanding of planning concepts in a complex production environment, problem-solving skills
Collaborative team player with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, while also working independently when needed.
Experience with planning and ERP software (preferably SAP, OMP).
Fluency in English, with Dutch as a preferred additional language.
You don’t just go to work, you feel responsible for your project
You decide when, where and how much you want to work
You like to think about manufacturability when designing
You don’t sit and wait, you have a hands-on mentality