Master Planner - Components & Devices

Master Planner

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The key role for planning, controlling, and scheduling all activities supporting assigned products. The Master Planner balances production and inventory levels with demand to support targets consistent with customer service levels, inventory turn targets and capacity utilization/staffing requirements. Accountable to develop feasible 3 - 24 month IBP rolling master plans at the family and/or sub-family level of products. Is responsible for the planned requirements for raw materials, purchased parts and packaging supplies for the 3 24 month horizon. Ensures that business excellence levels are maintained in the master planning functional areas.

Responsibilities

Product Supply

• Translate demand requirements and supply capability into a time-phased aggregate supply and inventory plan in monthly resolution over the IBP/S&OP horizon focused on the mid-term horizon that satisfies expected demand at the lowest business cost.
• Participate in the IBP/S&OP process and meetings as required.
• Perform resource requirements planning for the family/sub-family aggregate plans for the business for the mid and long-term horizon. Identify and execute actions necessary to correct short-term and mid-capacity problems. Develop recommendations for DIBM process to deal with mid-term capacity constraints.
• Develop 3 - 24 month sourcing requirements for raw materials and packaging based on the mid-term production plan and consistent with strategic sourcing strategies and constraints
• Tracks all master planning metrics and reports appropriately. Leads root cause analysis for key metrics.

Financial Impact of Operations

• Recommend changes to target inventories and safety stocks when necessary to deliver required customer service levels within policy and guidelines.
• Develops appropriate "what if" scenarios for the mid-term horizon to support the IBP/S&OP plans of the business.
• Ensures available inventory is located appropriately to meet the business' distribution strategy while minimizing finished product distribution expense and inventory levels.

Communication

• Collaborate with Demand Manager to ensure lead time and resource capacity requirements are considered when reviewing and approving all demands.
• Facilitates communication and interaction with Sales, Marketing, Demand Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Sourcing to effectively balance supply and demand in the mid-term horizon via the IBP/S&OP process.

Technology, Systems and Improvement

• Ensures all planning parameters and key assumptions are reviewed and updated regularly (e.g., yield, cycle time, uptime, shutdown days, etc.)
• Define and identify the business requirements to maximize the use and value in the planning and scheduling tools implementation and improvement and ensures appropriate education of the use of tools.

Deliverables

• Valid Production Plan (mid-term)
• Communication of Production Plan and its impact.
• Policy and processes relevant to responsibilities (Capacity, Lead time, tolerances, Distribution restocking, etc).
• Develop and present the mid-term rolling plan in the IBP/S&OP process.
• Identify supply chain capability/gaps to support the long-term horizon including 'what-if' scenarios.

Decisions

• Balance and reconcile demand, supply and inventory in mid-term horizon to meet customer requirements within policy and business objectives.
• Key issues to escalate based on policies.

Metrics/Performance

• Aggregate Supply Plan Performance (Accuracy & Bias)
• Capacity Utilization
• Inventory to Plan ($, Volume, IDS)
• Master Data accuracy (planning systems)

Role Pre-requisites

• BS/BA degree in Supply Chain, business, technical field, or similar, or
• 5 Year equivalent SC experience, Manufacturing, scheduling, and planning experiences.

Training / Certifications

• ASCM CPIM (either before or on the job)
• Additional ASCM training preferred.

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