Manager, Production Planning

Production Planning Manager

POSITION SNAPSHOT

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Full-time

Position Summary

Build production plans respecting the agreed level of available capacity to ensure that finished and semi-finished goods are available with high freshness, at the right stock location to meet customer demand whilst minimizing cost.

A DAY IN THE LIFE …

• Establishes an 18 month production plan for the factories within their responsibility (including sub/contracting factories where within scope of role)
• Creates a feasible production plan that respects capacity defined (available capacity)
• Establishes Committed Capacity, including timing proposals for plant shutdowns, investments, etc.
• Provides information on labor requirements through Committed Capacity
• Identifies possible opportunities and improvements in collaboration with the factory within the 18 month horizon
• Contribute to cross functional planning activities such as MPR according to Best Practice.
• Actively supports the Strategic Volume Planning process (i.e. Capex Planning)
  
  

What Will Make You Successful…

Two or more years of relevant operational experience at market/business level is useful, in at least one of the following areas:-

• Factory Planning
• Supply Network Planning/ IMS Planner
• Purchasing-Factory Production team leader
• Demand Planning
  
  

Experience in the following processes would be highly beneficial:

• Product lifecycle process
• Factory Master Data management
• CAPEX-Strategic Planning/MBS