Production Planner
Alfa Laval · Kunshan
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Who you are:
Make detailed daily, weekly and monthly production plan according to the long-term master plan of the order to ensure the daily production is carried out according to the plan. This includes making full use of personnel and equipment capacity, reasonably controlling and arranging material inventory, and considering customer order priority.
Be directly responsible for purchasing materials to ensure smooth production. Optimize raw material inventory level and reduce cost of Kunshan HFH Company.
About the job:
- Managed production orders, worked closely with the production team manager, made detailed daily, weekly and monthly plans to ensure that all materials were accurately sent to the production workshop and all production deliverables were met
- Capable of personnel management, reasonably controlled the arrangement of workshop personnel and overtime work according to the status of production orders.
- Have the ability to analyse the forecast, cost and capacity, etc., improve the capacity balance and delivery balance by defining the bottleneck equipment, and ensure the optimal utilization of the production capacity
- Prepare periodic reports to determine the accuracy of the plan and the main reasons for the failure to achieve the plan, and take corresponding corrective and preventive actions
- Capable of supplier management, responsible for direct purchase of materials to meet production plan execution, including order creation, delivery, confirmation and receiving follow-up. Work with purchasing department and other relevant departments to improve supplier quality.
- Forecast calculation and share with suppliers. check weekly and monthly payments with supplier, invoice in AX, register and submit payment tracking.
- Good communication and coordination skills.
- Responsible for establishing and updating MRP/AX parameters of the system (minimum inventory level, multiple specifications, minimum/maximum order quantity, cycle, supplier delivery time, etc.) to shorten the delivery cycle and improve customer satisfaction.
- Be able to set up reasonable storage plan/location for materials, including system and actual goods/lot /ROP/ safety stock, and manage the best stock level, etc.
What you know:
- Bachelor degree or above, major in mechanical/logistics/foreign trade is preferred
- 3-5 years working experience in production planning, more than 3 years working experience in metal processing materials and production planning, as well as inventory control
- Able to create and read flow charts and develop standard planning processes
- Familiar with bill of materials, production route and standard time
- Familiar with Office software and ERP system, and Microsoft dynamic system if possible
- Get used to working in a production environment
- Be proactive, creative and drive change
- Self-motivated, organized and good at getting things done
- Teamwork spirit, good communication skills with relevant departments and personnel.
- Good English reading and writing skills, good oral expression skills;Ability to speak/write in a meeting setting，etc.
We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.