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The role covers Production Scheduling for week 0 to 1 horizon: receives the Production Plan for the week – Master Product Schedule (MPS) – and creates a daily production schedule to meet the end of week production outputs. The Execution Planner ensures that changes to factory capacities and other operational parameters are fed back to the L2 Hub to ensure that executable Plans are created. Plays a key role in building the Planning relationship with the factories to drive plan adoption.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE
Production Scheduling
Schedule the factory resources optimally in line with the Master Production Schedule (MPS) provided by the L2 Planning Hub for week 0 to 1 horizon:
Review previous week’s performance against schedule and agree production orders to be carried over
Align with factories to confirm inputs to line scheduling (eg. factory calendar, labour)
Create the production schedules in line with the MPS
Ensure that materials are available before presenting the production schedules to the factory for sign off
Ensure that production schedules are in line with warehouse capacity constraints
Align with the factory operations teams, challenge and adjust schedules as necessary and publish
Feed back to the L2 Planning Hub when adjustments are needed to improve the MPS in future
Incorporate in week adjustments as necessary – Innovations, Breakdowns, Unplanned Maintenance
Monitor and drive conformance of Operations to the production schedule
Act as point of contact between the factory and the L2 Hub i.e. communicate factory information needed by the L2 Hub to create an executable MPS
Monitor and manage volume of product left from change overs and rework activities
Propose adjustments to the MPS to E2E Planner to resolve constraints
Manage unexpected plan shutdowns or extraordinary events and communicate at the earliest opportunity to the L2 Hub
Convert Planned Orders to Process Orders
Flag any risks to delivering local and export volume to the Market Collaboration Planner
Work with the operations team to generate run sequences per line to minimise downtime and maximise output
Review previous week’s performance and root cause, adjust plans after checking carry overs.
Planning Hub for week 0 to 1 horizon:
Review previous week’s performance against schedule and agree production orders to be carried over
Align with factories to confirm inputs to line scheduling (eg. factory calendar, labour)
Create the production schedules in line with the MPS
Ensure that materials are available before presenting the production schedules to the factory for sign off
Ensure that production schedules are in line with warehouse capacity constraints
Align with the factory operations teams, challenge and adjust schedules as necessary and publish
Feed back to the L2 Planning Hub when adjustments are needed to improve the MPS in future
Incorporate in week adjustments as necessary – Innovations, Breakdowns, Unplanned Maintenance
Monitor and drive conformance of Operations to the production schedule
Act as point of contact between the factory and the L2 Hub i.e. communicate factory information needed by the L2
Hub to create an executable MPS
Monitor and manage volume of product left from change overs and rework activities
Propose adjustments to the MPS to E2E Planner to resolve constraints
Manage unexpected plan shutdowns or extraordinary events and communicate at the earliest opportunity to the
L2 Hub
Convert Planned Orders to Process Orders
Flag any risks to delivering export specific volume to the Market Collaboration Planner
Flag any risks to delivering local and export (shared SKU) volume to the Market Collaboration Planner
Flag any short-term risks to the FG Execution Planner weekly before weekly Ops meeting
Work with the operations team to generate run sequences per line to minimise downtime and maximise output
Review previous week’s performance and root cause, adjust plans after checking carry overs.
Output Reliability (OR):
Review previous week’s factory performance against plan (Latest Plan OR) and input into the weekly OR loss tree with sourcing unit input and consensus (owned by Ops).
Report on losses and plans to improve in weekly Ops meetings and S&OP Supply meeting, when require
Transition Management:
Execute material write offs at product launches, re-launches, SKU rationalisation, VIP projects, and ensure that all plans are optimised and run-out schedules are accurately maintained
Incorporate transition activities into the daily schedule e.g. schedule production trials
Provide input into MOC for FG
Working Capital Management
Execute working capital reduction plan at site for Finished Goods through run strategy, EBQ optimization etc.
Flag Any reduction opportunities with the Market Collaboration Planner.
Execute actions proposed by the Inventory Specialist and End to End Planners on Slow and Obsolete (SLOB) finished goods and ensure that provisions are raised timeously
Data Maintenance
Provide feedback to to L2 team and Market Collaborations Planner to ensure run strategy is workable
Provide and validate input data to the Market Collaborations Planner for generation of the Inventory Planning Model and agree output prior to implementation
Provide and validate other planning master data required by the L2 Hub
Ensure proper maintenance of relevant data in the system as defined by the Master Data templates
Perform regular scheduling data health checks
Reporting
Work closely with supply planning team in updating customer service reports and providing information on recovery.
Capture OR Losses with sourcing unit stakeholders on a weekly basis (Latest Plan OR) and communicate to stakeholders.
Provide data for CCFOT loss analysis to the E2E Planner (losses pertaining to OR).
Support S&OP Supply Meeting preparation (and attendance), when required.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Experiences & Qualifications
Relevant Tertiary Education (Degree: Supply Chain or Finance)
Experience in the general supply chain and planning
Further studies in supply chain, including APICS/SAPICS qualification, would be beneficial
Planning and functional business process knowledge
Business partnering experience
Understand S&OP process & cadence
Experience working and interacting with all levels in a business.
FMCG experience will be advantageous
Experience working with SAP (in factory) will be beneficial
Skills
Future fit planning skills (Curiosity and Agility; Impact through technology)
Excellent communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders to achieve results
Strong change, service and agile mindset
Strong accountability and responsibility
Strong Business Acumen
Contacts
Factory management and operational teams
L1 Planning Team
Procurement Teams
L2 Planning Hub
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