Industrial Planner
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- Kingston, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Launch, coordinate and control the progress of Work Orders according to the MPS (Manufacturing planning & scheduling)
- On a daily basis, coordinate with logistic, material planning and quality to allow the manufacturing team to produce as per the plan
- Monitor production plan adherence and analyze the root causes of delay of the production plan and their impact
- Identify the bottlenecks as well as all other possible risks on the production plan
- Calculate manufacturing and testing workload inside the Planning Tool / ERP
- Identify the quantity of resources needed per workshop, metier, skills
- Report the Work In Progress (WIP) and Finished goods (FG) for Hard Inventory (HI) consolidation in time
- Report the Manufacturing Throughput and Production Performance KPIs in time
- Guarantee that the data inside the ERP (SAP) / Core Planning Tool are updated
- Ensure that priorities as planned in the MPS are clearly displayed and updated at shop floor level (visual management)
- Contribute to data accuracy check related to BOM/Routings in collaboration with Industrialization
- Follow-up daily the progress of Work Orders through close exchanges with EPU/Line managers
- Check plan orders readiness to ensure work orders can be launch on time and analyze exception messages of the MRP (Material Requirements Planning)
- Alert the industrial and supply chain teama bout issues impacting plan execution (missing parts, quality issues, production stoppage, technical data)
- Manage the information workflow of work orders: job release, material consumption
- Provide the line-feeding priorities visibility to the logistics team in order to secure the production
- Contribute to minimize the product throughput time and maintain optimum WIP (Working In Progress)
- Collaborate to the quarterly S&OP: Build the industrial planning for opportunities in coherency with inputs from project team, site strategic plan and provide output to central S&OP team for global consolidation
- Perform operations workload versus workforce analysis and analyze bottlenecks (site capacity)
- Follow and promote the EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) rules and guidelines
- Support the manufacturing site and supply chain team in continous improvement as per APSYS guidelines
- Degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field
- Minimum 4 years of experience managing planning, production scheduling, production management, or operational supply chain with relevant usage of ERP (ideally SAP) in a manufacturing environment
- Knowledgeable of industrial planning, production management, logistics, inventory management, material planning in a manufacturing environemnt preferabley electronics or electrical componenets
- Experience or good knwoledge of MRP and Production Scheduling tools
- Knowledge of ERP (SAP), data analysis and reporting processes
- Familiarity with lean tools and methodologies
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Proactive and innovative mindset
- Proficiency in Excel and other relevant software tools
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Continuous improvement mindset and willingness to learn