QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Essential:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Advanced data reporting and analytical skills.
• APICS Certification
Desirable:
• Green Belt six-sigma certification
KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED
Essential:
• 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Experienced ERP / Planning Systems User, able to execute in an ERP System
Desirable:
• Supply chain experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industry
• Contract manufacturing experience
• Working knowledge of financial processes
SKILLS
Essential:
• Demonstrated use of Leadership Imperatives
• Applies understanding of cycle time, throughput, labor efficiency, and related concepts to drive alignment with overall Production Plan to ensure raw materials are in place to support production
• Demonstrates understanding of the impact of equipment downtime and adjusts daily production plans accordingly
• Leverages knowledge of the production and planning processes to identify opportunities to improve the initial plan, (i.e. through the application of lean processes)
• Data mining skills through MS-Excel (or Equivalent). Strong organization skills and an aptitude for planning.
• Ability to translate complex situations into simple working solutions
• Persuading and influencing others
• Driving continuous process improvements.
JOB TITLE: Planner/Buyer (Band 25)
DEPARTMENT: Planning, Purchasing & Procurement
REPORTS TO: Planning Manager
JOB PURPOSE:
The primary purpose of this job is to Plan the Manufacturing and Positioning of Cork manufactured product to ensure Customer and Business Requirements are achieved.
ORGANISATIONAL INTERFACES: Engineering, Operations, QA, Maintenance, Facilities, Tool room and Outside Suppliers and other DePuy Manufacture and Design Sites.
LEADERSHIP PROFILE:
Live OUR CREDO
Demonstrate and inspire the behaviours that reinforce Our Credo: Credo-based decision making; trusting, collaborative and ethical work environment; highest standards of quality, compliance and accountability
CONNECT
Cultivate external relationships and partnerships: Insight-driven to uncover unmet needs; forge internal collaboration across all levels of the enterprise; develop deep insights into the needs of our patients, customers and markets
SHAPE
Drive innovation; anticipate and shape industry and market changes to advance health care globally: Translate insights into viable products and solutions that create value; Challenge the status-quo; lead and adapt to change; take and manage risks
LEAD
Create an environment where leadership and talent development is top priority: take ownership for development of self and others; maximize the power of diversity and inclusion; engage in transparent and constructive conversations
DELIVER
Deliver results by inspiring and mobilizing people and teams: empower people to act with speed, agility and accountability; demonstrate a global and enterprise-wide mind-set; balance short and long-term strategic choices.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Responsible for the effective coordination of the material planning, purchasing and production scheduling activities for products managed.
• Managing on time delivery to customers.
• Identifies raw material and component requirements for production. Monitors production planning system with current lead times, and related information.
• Generates production schedules and ensures timely completion of work orders for manufacturing purposes.
• Identify and drive opportunities to improve investment through inventory entitlement model for applicable production line
• Analyses product demand, sales patters, and forecasts, as well as production specifications and plant and supplier capacity data.
• Reviews capacity loads and identifies possible manufacturing constraints. Monitors and anticipates production issues due to capacity, and new product launches.
• Establishes effective communication with various groups such as customers, sales offices, suppliers and/or plant production departments as required.
• Monitors work orders from start to ensure the on time delivery of products
• Ensures accuracy of signals for the timely ordering and delivery of components to support manufacturing activities
• Prepares production/planning reports as required. Analyses month end activity to determine the need for forecast modification, recommends revisions.
• Participates in new product launch meetings and assists in developing new product forecasts and production schedules.
• Manages and/or maintains raw material inventory investment according to inventory entitlement models and drives improvement opportunities.
• Takes appropriate action in resolving discrepancies in order quantity, price and seeks corrective action on late deliveries.
• Coordinates and follows up with production, warehouse, supply chain and others, as required, to ensure appropriate procurement, scheduling and movement of materials and services.
• Assures accuracy of database of suppliers of products used in manufacturing process.
• Prepares orders to vendors for raw materials, packaging materials, parts, components, services, supplies, finished goods and related material needed for production.
• Supports evaluation of potential suppliers.
• Checks with warehouse and production regarding availability and movement of materials to detect shortages or overages.
• Leads supplier or component S&OP and supplier RCCP as required.
• Leads and identifies improvement opportunities for plant manufacturing unit supply S&OP as required
• Identifies and drives Lean or Six Sigma improvement initiatives.
• Adheres to the Company’s procedures as detailed in the SOP manual
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