Senior Planner - #189550

The Senior Operations Planner is responsible for steering the heart of the company within the International arm of the Global Auto Care business. You will be engaging/ collaborating and challenging the internal/external partners/sources/vendors along with analysing, driving, and providing decision-making support in areas of reporting, analytics and transactions.

The role is at the heart of what we do and provides the vision and the deliverability to manage our business

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Responsibiliti

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Core Responsibilit

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You will be responsible for analyzing back orders, current orders, and upcoming orders to guide the operations planner for the scheduling of production. The role will also encompass responsibility for the follow

• ing:
  · Retaining the correct levels of raw mate
• rials· Providing monthly analysis by resource and lines of the production req
• uired· Providing and trending data for the full financial year and flatlining produ
• ction· Providing input as a key contributor from a planning perspective on pro
• jects· Leading a project from concept to production on time, and in
• full· Ensuring all relevant information is escalated to site managers as appli
• cableAccountability for steering and bringing change concepts to the
• teamAccountability for delivery of the production plan whilst providing guidance to the operations planner on monthly targets and
• KPI’sCommunicating efficiently and effectively to internal/external stakeho
• ldersAnalyzing and reporting on the safety and minimum stock levels required in line with the current plant b
• udgetCommunicate efficiently and effectively on the deliverance of shortages and deliverables to cust
• omer.Responsible for plant CFR and plant communication to external stakehol
• ders.Monitoring the progress of manufacturing to ensuring the adherence of the schedule, whilst escalating issues to the site managers when nece
• ssaryCollaborate with New Product Development to plan in trials and information to allow line availabi
• lity.Drive and participate in Lean manufacturing activ
• itiesCollaborate and engage in reasonable activity to support the growth and profitability of the business whilst aligning to the wider goals and objec
• tivesThe above is a non-exhaustive summary of responsibilities that the Senior Operations Planner will be expected to fu

lfil.
What we are looki

ng for
The following Skills and Experience are de

• sirable
  Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to solve complex problems and make recomme
• ndationsPrior operational experience within manufacturing with internal and external stak
• eholdersGood overall understanding of supply chain proce
• ss flowsExcel skills with ability to analyze data and make recomme
• ndationsAbility to multitask and successfully develop and execute plans in a dynamic env
• ironmentInterpersonal & communication skills with the ability to work across all levels of the orga
• nizationGood knowledge of production processes and the inter connections between dep
• artmentsGood organisation and communicatio
• n skillsConfident in presenting reports/ data to site m