Production Planning Supervisor

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General information:

Reporting to the Planning & Fulfillment Manager, the production planning supervisor manages all aspects of production and capacity planning in the factory. Leads the SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning) process for the factory. Is the contact for Marketing and Sales when production slots and delivery dates are planned. Maximizes the use of resources to meet established production specifications and schedules. Identifies constraints and takes appropriate countermeasures to deliver an executable schedule to the factory as well as by the Engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to the Production Scheduling group and provide training and expertise in scheduling and planning

• Manage the development of scheduling priorities & tools to create flow in the shop.

• Develop a long range master plan Schedule adherence

• Monitors schedule adherence, identifies key root causes for deviation and takes follow-up improvement action.

• Reports information on production capacity issues and material availability impacting schedules to production and materials managers.

• Working with local production and purchasing managers to resolve issues.

• Works with customer service to provide appropriate delivery dates.

• Works with Marketing to set promise dates for new projects

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or equivalent Minimum of 5 years of experience in similar roles, or alternatively, a special combination of education and experience and/or demonstrated accomplishments SAP or similar

• ERP experience in MM and PP module or equivalent Proficiency in Microsoft Project

• Ability to work cross-functionally within a global value chain Independent analysis/decision-making capabilities

• Strong Microsoft excel skills

• Strong communicator and teamwork oriented

• Organized and exhibits a sense of urgency when necessary

• Takes initiative to drive projects and lead others

• Employs root cause analysis approach

• Strong sense of customer focus and quality

• Fluent in both French and English

• Knowledge in Lean Manufacturing is a big plus

More about us

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries. In fiscal year 2020 we generated business volumes of around $10 billion USD as reported by Hitachi. www.hitachienergy.com

Only selected applicants will be contacted.