Specialist, Production Planning

The Role: 

The core purpose is the mission of the job – why it needs to be filled and how it fits into the organization.  By narrowly defining the Core Purpose, you’re able to define what’s needed to solve the existing business challenge(s) 

We are looking for a talent who has both production planner and buyer experiences. The Production Planner/Buyer prioritizes sales orders to create and implement a weekly production schedule consistent with the plant capacity and sales forecast. Production Planner ensures that all materials and resources are available to fulfill customer orders in the most cost effective and efficient manner. For a Buyer, the role will be responsible for maximizing direct materials availability and proactively optimize inventory level to meet the organization goal. This role will work closely with internal key stakeholders to drive raw material On Time in Full delivery to meet the dynamic demand of manufacturing in plant. 

In this role you will: 

What are the expected outcomes?  What must this role get done in order to meet your business objectives?  Define “what success will look like.” 

1. Generate twelve weekly rolling production schedules for finished goods and intermediates based on demand, capacity, and raw material availability. 

2. Work with the shop floor team to drive schedule adherence by maintaining accurate production start dates while taking into consideration resource constraints.  

3. Review rush batches for orders requested inside the standard production lead time and provide  updated commitments to customer service. 

4. Identify batch sizes for optimization to ensure production is in sync with demand. 

5. Provide weekly rolling production schedules to support Pilot Plant production for LVM products and NPI products. 

6. Work with customer facing team to monitor customer safety stock level and manage safety stock level to fulfill customer expectation.  

7. Review semi-finish goods material (abrasives) inventory against present and anticipated demand and engage central planning and purchasing team when necessary. 

8. Participate in weekly cross-functional production planning meetings. 

9. Liaison point to factory (operations/planning) for raw materials requirements/availability. 

10. Co-ordinate with plant operations to meet any demand changes and proactively highlight material shortages and recovery plan to mitigate any supply gap. 

11. Partner with commodity teams to jointly align on fulfillment strategy with key suppliers. 

12. Act as first level escalation for buyers on material gaps and analyze the revenue impact. 

13. Lead material shortage escalation meetings (with Commodity/DBP) which need urgent attention a and put in place action for resolution. 

14. Report supply gap status back to leadership including division operations and BU. 

15. Accountable for inventory optimization and drive various strategies to meet Division goals. 

16. Review safety stock and service level in alignment with division inventory policy. 

17. Provide rolling forecast to strategic suppliers (synchronize with commodity) to prepare raw materials and resources ahead to support Entegris demand. 

18. Support cost savings milestones and initiatives. 

19. Create and manage standard purchase orders (PO), outline agreements in SAP to approved  vendors (under Global AVL) to optimize inventory. 

20. If assigned to handle suppliers who are contract manufacturers: Work with respective stakeholders to ensure the availability of finished goods and to work on resolution when there are any supply issues. 

Traits we believe make a strong candidate: 

What are the Position Specific Competencies?  Define the skills/competencies necessary to do the job.  These should tie directly back to the purpose and outcome. 

1. B.A. / B.S. degree in Supply Chain Planning or 3+ years of work experience.  

2.Technical  

(1) Sound knowledge of supply chain processes and procedures including manufacturing planning, demand, purchasing, and replenishment processes.  

(2) Strong systems / process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.  

(3) Proficient in MS office applications.  

(4) Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. 

(5) Strong SAP knowledge to drive towards high master data integrity and improve material planning. 

(6) Able to make use of PBI, BW, SAP report to make data driven decisions. 

(7) Understand business requirements and work with material Manager and SCM to develop supply chain strategies. 

(8) Experience scheduling and/or planning in a low volume / high mix manufacturing operation is desire. 

3. Behavioral 

(1) Strong negotiation skills with the ability to reason and influence at all levels.  

(2) Strong communication and presentation skills.  

(3) Ability to manage complexity and resolve conflicts that arise from balancing multiple priorities.  

(4) Ability to work with little direction and work with remote team members in other locations.  

(5) Ability to work in a team-oriented environment while demonstrating flexibility to perform in multi-task situations.  

(6) Ability to learn and adapt quickly to changing company needs and deadlines. 

4. Language - Fluent in English and Mandarin 

Your success will be measured by: 

Success for the role is not defined solely on the outcome of a project but rather a combination of the results and how these results were achieved.  Describe the PACE value competencies that are required. 

1.Meeting the KPI  – including leading and lagging indicators  

2.Embrace PACE values of teamwork, accountability, creativity and innovation and dedication to excellence 

3.Track record for improvement through operational metrics, specifically: on-time shipment, schedule attainment 

4.Ability to lead/execute supply planning at KSP site. 

5.Developing and standardizing process flow/SOP at KSP. 

6.Monthly inventory result & annually inventory cycle count. 

7.Excess & dead inventory management & result at KSP.