Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Leading planning team responsible for all line planning within the business. Ensuring team operate in line with the business standards and behaviours.
Responsible for all aspects of production planning to ensure financial business plan targets are met for operations. Production planning, including PTS execution, Pipeline, Production execution (sequencing), Production Planning (MPS), Launch & Q content
Ensuring planning/SC KPIs around plan stability, plan adherence & timely passing cars to sales
Aligning planning with S/OP cycle
Supporting in the development of planning scenarios to support business decisions
Developing and running a formal production planning process, including Trim/Final, Tubs, Paint.
Working with Manufacturing engineering to develop the Manufacturing Strategy in line with business plan requirements. (input into factory planning/capacity)
Working with finance to develop Operations budget and forecasting, ensuring that factory planning works within targets set out by the business
Lead Factory Planning ensuring that all aspects of operations are operating at the most cost-effective solution by setting and agreeing daily throughput rates.
Working with Demand planner to ensure all SOA (amendments) process are planned correctly to avoid downtime
Working with Q team to ensure MPS plan fits in and aligns to Q leadtime/constraints
Liaising with sub-contract manufactures to ensure build plans align internal build plans and with PTS plan
Develop and maintain Capacity tracking for all operations within manufacturing & Logistics working with Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering and LLP (lead log. Provider - DHL).
Working with Manufacturing Engineering & Launch to ensure launch planning is built into production plans. Establish the resources and strategy required to deliver current/new model content into production
Working with IT to develop and maintain Operations Status Reporting using latest business intelligence toolset. (currently Power BI/SSRS - moving to Burst)
Owner of the Planning processes and planning data within the company ERP system
Ensure the standardisation of core processes & all data is held on the departments SharePoint.Qualification & Experience:

Significant experience across Supply Chain functional areas and demonstrated ability to understand and manage complex supply chains
Deep understanding of planning processes and materials management
Experience in automotive planning
Management of a team
Experience in successfully liaising and influencing a wide range of stakeholders
Ability to operate at different levels of the business
Ability to communicate, Summarize complex information
Bachelor's degree in Business or STEM subject
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