Production Planning Lead Specialist

Production Planning Lead Specialist

Location: Badr City Type of job: Onsite Date: new

Job Description

• Ensures accurate and efficient production scheduling process for customer satisfaction, respecting defined FG inventory policy and minimizing risk of production of obsolete stock.
• Ensures OTIF deliveries, respecting customer demand at the optimum cost level.
• Analyses customer demand, creates a rough, workable production plan in line with the MPS and provides it to production.
• Conducts permanent monitoring of production output to ensure availability of FG in line with Customer Demand and FG Inventory Strategy.
• Identifies urgent products and escalates the issue to the responsible persons; proposes alternative delivery plan if the customer deadlines risk not to be achieved.
• Supports the dispatch process and outbound truck planning.
• Maintains the parameters and accuracy of Finished Good inventory into the ERP system.
• Coordinates with procurement the material availability in case of relevant customer demand deviation and to prevent material shortages.
• Supports the technical change process in order to ensure the availability of material and to avoid obsolescence.
• Maintains regular contact with the Adv. FG WHs inside the Country or selected Customers for direct deliveries to the customers.
• Prepares the analysis to establish the claims to be submitted to the customer (obsolete stock and nonperformance costs due to customer demand deviation).
• Supports the Stock Take process in the facility.
• Tracks FG excess stock and takes necessary actions to reduce it.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience within Planning operations.
• Hands-on-Experience with Data Analysis tools is considered a strong advantage.
• Professional proficiency using English language
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with the capability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment with high level of communication skills
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills with a results-oriented mindset.