Principal Production Planning Specialist
Job Description
Responsibilities:
• Function as a key member of platform and business teams providing supply status in relation to overall demand requirement (Forecast / Actual demand / Build Strategy) while facilitating effective communication between supply chain, OSAT (3rd party vendor) manufacturing, customer services, and all related support function.
• OSAT management - Plan and prepare Production Orders/Work Orders via SAP (POs), overseeing all aspects of OSAT management including Work-in-Progress (WIP) movement, material shortages, and backlog resolution, ensuring timely shipping within target ship date / standard cycle time.
• Provide and owns delivery commit plans including delivery recovery plans.
• Monitor order fulfillment progress, providing timely feedback and devising contingency plans. Coordinate monthly forecasts with OSAT, ensuring prompt follow-up and negotiation for delivery commitments.
• Analyze inventory, maintain planning parameters master data, and drive improvement in delivery performance metrics
• Conduct inventory analysis, including managing Days of Inventory (DOI), addressing slow-moving and obsolete stock, adjusting order quantities, recommending material substitutions, and depleting inventory.
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of planning parameters master data, ensuring precise reporting within systems, and utilize performance metrics to drive improvement in delivery performance, including On-Time Delivery (OTD), Supplier OTD, Cycle Time, and B2B transaction statistics and revenue.
• Attend and drive operations meetings, ensure alignment with company goals, support internal projects, and uphold compliance with policies and regulations
Requirements
Function: Manufacturing
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level