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JOB CONTEXT

Production planning, Material Planning and Demand Plannig is a key role in the IBP process, as the forecast it delivers will enable operations to meet the production targets timely, efficient, and cost effective. The Production Planner combines variety of information from sales, supply chain / procurement, operations (timely, as accurate as possible, useable in qualitative and quantitative terms) in order to properly plan the products that need to be produced. The Production Planner delivers an important piece of information for the IBP cycle.

The Production Planner role has typically a planning horizon of 1 to 15 months on monthly buckets and 3 months in weekly buckets The level of the role depends on the scope and complexity, based on number of customers and size & complexity of the product portfolio. The Production Planner works closely with the Supply Planning manager (if present), Demand Planner and Material Planner. Depending on the size of the organization, these 3 planning roles maybe combined into one or two roles, merging the responsibilities of Supply and Production planning, and/or material planning.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Production Planning
• Creates the Production plans based on approved demand plan (forecast) which is enriched by inputs from the commercial teams; for the operational (0-13 weeks) and tactical horizon (1-15 months)
• Understand and anticipate on business developments and translate these into the Production plan: e.g. new product introductions, phase-in/out, events, seasonality, tenders, contracts.
• As approved by IBP cycle as well as follow the business priorities set, secure Production plan constraining in case of supply restrictions and share the results with internal stakeholders (e.g. Operations, Commercial, Demand Planning and customer service)
• Co-prepares, with e.g. Supply Planning manager and SC Manager the Supply review meeting MT IBP meeting
• Follow-up of the decisions/constraints from the IBP cycle of the organisation and/or supply points
• First point of contact for the Demand Planning team as well as Customer Service teams for the operational and/or tactical planning horizon
• Production scheduling (plan)
• Translates the Production plan / customer orders into an optimal production schedule for the various production processes (receival & dispatch, mixing and filling departments) in a planning tool for the operational horizon (week X - X+1), considering the technical production & quality requirements and constraints
• Communicates detailed planning through M3 with supply & material planning, production, warehousing, maintenance & logistics to ensure an optimal service level & efficient usage of resources
• Continuously monitors production output to ensure that actual production meets scheduled production output and raise foreseen issues, advises corrective and preventive actions
• Adjusts production schedule and plan based on changes in the supply plan or real production output
• Consult with maintenance, engineering and product development with respect to time for (interim) maintenance, repair scheduling and trial productions
• Aligns with Material Planner or team lead in case of availability issues
• Creates robust production schedule that anticipates ad-hoc production or distribution issues
• Solves problems and provides timely solution to ensure mínimal impact to customer. Identifies most appropriate action plan and effectively communicates plans to internal and external stakeholders
• Distribution planning of products (if applicable)
• Placing distribution orders between raw material warehouses
• Monitoring planning (PDCA-cycle) & Analysis
• Maintain Production planning master data, parameters and systems/software. Maintains relevant data, monitors and analyses to enable the PDCA cycle
• Drive continuous improvement of the Plant(s) and production lines conformance to plan in alignment with Operations teams
• Coordinate any activities related to the constraining and allocation process for the organisation and/or supply points and ensure the match of Production & supply
• Prepares and monitors the planning related KPIs to help identify improvement areas and monitor performance
• Keeps up to date with the latest planning theory and concepts in order to become as effective as possible
• Coordinate with Operations and Demand Planning to determine priorities, corrective and preventive actions to prevent OOS and Waste in accordance with the internal procedures
• Continuously look for opportunities & improvements within daily work context and take ownership in implementing solutions
• Continuous improvement & Projects
• Proposes improvements to the (production) planning process and putting it into practice.
• Leads and/or participates in various projects with the aim of improving our End-2-End planning reliability and planning processes

Material Planning

• Planning of raw and auxiliary materials
• Determin