What are the responsibilities and job description for the Planning & Scheduling Manager position at Smiths Interconnect?
The Planning & Scheduling Manager will be responsible for leading the end-to-end planning and execution, including strategy, organizational workload, alignment of Oracle schedules, Sales Forecasting accuracy to achieve a predictable and consistent OTD performance.
Responsibilities:
- Manages and directs all planning and scheduling personnel activities to ensure completion of customer requirements.
- Develops overall plan to support dependent and independent demand.
- Develops budgets and resource plans and monitors performance to achieve component part delivery and build schedules that support customer demands.
- Develops data and analytical reporting for current & future required KPI’s.
- Review and approve any new orders and reconcile with Contracts any lead time issues (internal or external) which will cause customer request dates to be late. Reconciliation goal is to agree on a contractual date that satisfies both parties.
- Manages the overall master schedule working with PMO, APU Managers and Planners to meet customer forecasts and demands.
- Assesses performance indicators and takes appropriate actions to ensure Oracle MPS and Attribute integrity, cost and quality goals are met.
- Ensures required documentation and/or system transactions are executed to meet customer, procurement system, inventory accuracy and financial reporting requirements.
- Assures policies, procedures and other documentation are followed to ensure consistency and compliance.
- Provides leadership and commitment in support of continuing improvements in quality, cost and delivery performance.
- Support customer meetings, develop reports and present as required.
- Ensure planners understand and monitor material milestone to ensure they meet budgeted billings plan.
- Monitors project material budget to EAC, ensures planners have knowledge of and work budget baseline issues.
- Staff development, including competencies and subject matter training.
- Performs other duties as required.
Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to analyze issues: gather relevant information systematically; consider a broad range of issues or factors; grasp complexities and perceives relationships among problems or issues; seek input from others.
- Strong knowledge of ERP systems and the application to a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to work well independently and lead a team.
- Ability to perform problem analysis and resolution.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Lean/Six Sigma experience a plus.
Experience: Bachelor’s degree or minimum of 8-10 years in supply chain and minimum of 3-5 years in management experience.
Security: U.S. person required and ability to obtain a security clearance.
