Job Title
Lead Engineer, Production Planning
Manager, RAK Production Planning
Business Unit/Function
RAK Production Planning
Direct Reports
Manager, RAK Prod Planning
To provide accurate production & sales plan and shutdown plans, short-term, long-term production forecasts, participates in 1+4 Year Business Plan development, Supporting Insurance/Audit related matters, and Supports preparation of economic scenarios and Market trends.
Responsible to sustain high SHE and Quality standards in the Production Planning & Economics Department
Manage Production Plans and Forecasts on a daily, monthly, and annual basis, or as required
- Annual and 1 + 4 years Production and sales Plan
- Monthly rolling forecast for marketing
- Other Production forecasts
Responsible for Turnaround & outage plan scheduling of all Major plants in coordination with external and internal parties
Responsible for analyses of actual operations performance in terms of volume, specific consumption, and capacity utilization against design, business plan, and/or forecast, as applicable
Interface with external and internal parties on Production plan & forecast:
- Between Marketers and Operation (Shipment scheduling).
- Between Finance and Operation (Business Plan and OPM).
- Between Maaden Affiliates.
Plant integration activities including plant-wise energy and P2O5 balances.
Act for Manager (DOA) when required.
Ensuring Contractual Obligations are met. And Act as custodian for Marketers’ shares entitlement.
Manage to develop production scenarios to support production for decision making during periods of upsets / deviations.
Responsible to reply to external queries (from Marketers regarding Production forecast and inventory) and internal queries (Finance, Operation).
Identifies and develops databases on market trends, prices and related information. Reviews weekly special trade related publications to calculate and present product market movement and cost economics to management.
Support all insurance / audit related activities and audits.
Evaluate business models for all business opportunities.
Monitor and highlight product sales price movement. Support analysis for interpretation of cost relationships from the study of market trends and in solution of problems arising from operation and distribution of products.
Identifies and develops databases on market trends, prices and related information. Reviews weekly special trade related
publications (CRU, ..) to calculate and present product market movement and cost economics to the management.
Supports preparation of economic scenarios for forecasting for cash planning and product / operation optimization
Support economical, technical and other analysis with the use of modelling and simulations for but not limited to new products, new investments, projects and MOCs.
Work in conjunction with PED, CL and Operation to support NPI (New Product Introduction)
Support monitoring of Company performance management KPIs.
Participates in operation planning activities through daily production planning, sales planning and feedstock and utilities requirement through implementation, communication and administration of section objectives on both a short & long term basis.
Participates in improvement in operational performance and profitability through available data & information for predictive analysis
Review the long-term needs and availability of all the major feedstock and alternative actions. Periodically engage with the feedstock suppliers to evaluate the trends.
Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Competencies
Minimum Qualifications:
University Degree in Engineering (preferably Industrial Engineering or similar)
Minimum Experience:
Minimum of 8 years of experience in a business planning fertilizer manufacturing plant or equivalent
Background for business economic scenarios and modelling analysis
Ma’aden High Performance Competencies:
Results Oriented
Self-motivated
Flexible & Attention to details
Skills:
Interaction on manager / section head level
Management reporting in an integrated chemical complex
Attention to detail
Troubleshooting
Good computer skills in using Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)
