Job Title - Planner
Job Function - Planning, Purchasing & Procurement
Job Summary
The primary purpose of this job is to Plan the Manufacturing and Positioning of Cork manufactured product to ensure Customer and Business Requirements are achieved.
Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the effective coordination of the supply planning, purchasing and production scheduling activities for products managed.
• Managing on time supply to customers.
• Management of raw material and component supply to support Operations. Monitor’s production planning system with relevant performance metrics e.g., schedule attainment, lead time.
• Determines production plan and in association with VS partner, ensures timely completion of planned production.
• Analyse product demand, sales patterns, and forecasts, as well as production specifications and plant and supplier capacity data.
• Review capacity loads to identify potential manufacturing constraints. Works with Operations, Engineering and Quality partners to resolve and mitigate potential supply challenges.
• Key member of relevant New Product launch teams.
• Identifies key stakeholders and establishes effective communication plans across various groups such as customers, commercial partners, suppliers, global supply chain and site departments.
• Manages and/or maintains raw material inventory investment per inventory entitlement models and drives improvement opportunities.
• Supplier performance management: measurement, identification of performance issues and working together to resolve and prevent reoccurrence.
• Supports evaluation of potential new suppliers.
• Leads site RCCP review for relevant VS.
• Leads supplier or component S&OP and supplier RCCP as required.
• Leads and identifies improvement opportunities for plant manufacturing unit supply S&OP as required
• Identifies and drives Lean or Six Sigma improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with current regulatory standards and guidelines (Financial, EHS and Quality Assurance)
• Support the evaluation of current processes and the transition to improved future processes in conjunction with the wider global PP&L team.
