Sr. Production Planner (Component Planning)
About The Position
The Sr. Production Planner will support AMS Component Planning in a global manufacturing environment, ensuring components are delivered at the right time and quality while managing cost. The role translates supply-chain dependencies and planning principles into effective plans, balancing service, feasibility, and cost. It will contribute to the ramp-up of the LVA factory, improve ways of working, and collaborate with colleagues across functions and global sites. During the first year, the planner is expected to work confidently as a senior planning professional, manage workflows with minimal assistance, support other planners and sites, contribute to reliable plan execution, and continue improving planning practices, stakeholder communication, storytelling, and digital capabilities.
Requirements
- A strong track record in production planning or a similar role.
- Deep production-planning expertise.
- SAP technical knowledge.
- Strong analytical and data interpretation capabilities.
- Ability to build a clear narrative from data and insights.
- Strong stakeholder-management and collaboration capabilities.
- Ability to work with supply-chain experts, production managers, global sites, and technical engineers.
- Digital competency and an interest in strengthening and improving digital ways of working.
- Consistent focus on delivery, execution, continuous improvement, and problem-solving.
Responsibilities
- Execute short-term scheduling and drive short- to medium-term planning activities that enable production planning processes.
- Contribute improvement ideas and support deployment of the digitalization agenda.
- Balance service, feasibility, and cost when making planning decisions.
- Identify and recommend improvements to existing planning practices and workflows.
- Use data and planning insights to support effective decision-making.
- Clearly communicate complex supply-chain dependencies and planning principles.
- Collaborate with production managers, technical engineers, supply-chain specialists, and colleagues at other sites.
- Support other planners and contribute planning expertise across the wider organization.
- Help enable a smooth ramp-up of the LVA factory.
- Strengthen end-to-end collaboration across teams and touchpoints involved in component planning.
Benefits
- Enhanced paid family care leave.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Access to the Headspace App and wellbeing initiatives and programs.
- Colleague discount.
- Bonus scheme, if eligible.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
