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Advanced Energy Planner Sr in Penang, Malaysia
Planner Sr
POSITION SUMMARY :
Supervise Planning team, give training to new hires, ensures on time delivery of finished goods as scheduled by AE committed shipment date. Improves AE capability to meet customer delivery requirements by understanding BU capacity, identifying constraints, and actively reducing lead time.
RESPONSIBILITIES :
Supervise planning team, give planners direction on company metric.
Schedules and manages (re-schedules) production work orders within demonstrated capacity. Works with production to achieve optimal capacity. Includes spare parts, service, and engineering where appropriate.
Acknowledges and confirms ship dates for customer orders. Communicates with Customer Advocates to ensure commitment dates are achieved. Follows AE process to communicate changed commitment date to Customer Advocates
Provides daily status reports of all delivery requirements. Acts as the focal point for schedule information and adjustments with inputs from the BU Marketing Manager, Territory Manager and/or the BU Operations Director.
Coordinates and implements Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) in production.
Develops and manages customer support plans to minimize work-in-process and finished goods inventory where appropriate.
Analyzes long lead time parts and works with purchasing to develop custom supply solutions (e.g. point-of-use material, line-side stocking, kanban, min-max supply, etc.)
Works with Process Engineering, Test Engineering, Engineering, Engineering Services, Planning, Customer Support, Documentation, and work cells to implement ECOs. Ensures material availability prior to ECOs becoming active. Works with Materials on disposition of remaining material. Coordinates ECO rework of assemblies in the manufacturing process.
Adhere to organizational requirements on quality management, health and safety, code of conduct, legal stipulations, environmental, 5S policies and general duty of care.
Others duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS :
Thorough understanding of SAP or Material Requirements Planning (MRP), planning functions, and shop floor processes and materials.
Ability to effectively interpret and summarize statistical reports.
Excellent judgment and initiative, including the ability to effectively balance multiple priorities.
Excellent understanding of true material lead times for all critical assemblies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent computer skills, including accurate data entry and experience with PC applications, such as Word (word-processing), Excel (spreadsheet), ad hoc queries, and/or relational databases. SAP a plus.
EXPERIENCE :
Minimum (5) years of experience working in a manufacturing and production arrangement as well as new product introduction environment.
Proven track record of success and growth in positions of increasing responsibility.
Experience in a high mix/low volume, pull-based manufacturing environment.
Previous experience with SAP.
EDUCATION :
Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Management, Finance, Materials Management, Computer Information Sciences, or Engineering, or equivalent education and/or experience.
Prefer MBA or post-graduate degree.
Prefer American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) or CPM certification.
WHY JOIN US!
As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce. Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan.
In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In Malaysia., we offer a rich benefits package that includes:
Medical - health care plan, dental, and vision.
Short and long-term disability and life insurance.
Executive Employee Health Screening package.
Generous paid time off starting at 15 days and 19 public holidays.
98 days of paid maternity leave for Moms and 7 days of paid paternity leave for Dads.
AE Child-Of-Employee Scholarship Program.
Employee Referral Program.
Career Growth and Learning Opportunity.
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