Production Planning Shop Floor Control Specialist

Job Overview

The Production Planning & Shop Floor Control Specialist will play a key role in:

• Reviewing existing relevant business processes across HES to identify opportunities for standardization / adoption of best practice
• Prioritizing opportunities, selecting initiatives, gaining consensus across stakeholders and executing business process improvement projects
• Partnering with the Corporate Business Process team to assure alignment on process standardization and the adoption of best practice           
• Drive improvement and ensure alignment with business needs

This position will report to the Materials Management Systems Architect and work closely with HES operations, brand management, site-level management and customer service to drive standardization to support core business key metrics.

A Day In The Life

• Identify key business processes and standardization / best practice opportunities.
• Assume leadership role to analyze processes, procedures and technologies available, translating into specific documented procedures and training programs to drive standardization.
• Being able to convert backlog of dependent and independent demand into planning tiers:
  • Global scale: production plan by product group
  • Master production schedule: production plan by product family
  • Detailed scheduling: dispatch lists by work center and capacity planning.
• Ability to work in multi-site environments and diverse business scenarios: ETO, MTO & MTS, having to define and validate specific performance indicators for each of them.
• Participant and input provider for SIOP process to enhance demand planning, network optimization, and consumption models that provides superior customer service.
• Develop and maintain strong global relationships in a matrixed environment of business, corporate and cross functional levels.
• Work with the HES Master Data Management team to provide assistance and direction to ensure high data quality relative to the data needs of key business processes and performance management.
• Work with the Corporate Business Process team and HUBS IT to ensure solutions are scalable and utilize enterprise approved IT tools and infrastructure.

What will help you thrive in this role?

• Bachelor's degree (BA or BS).
• Results-oriented with a track record of success in delivering business objectives.
• Exceptional judgment with a demonstrated ability to make sound decisions and be creative in developing alternative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with all staff levels and backgrounds.
• Must have 5 years + experience in SAP across multiple functional areas including production / capacity planning, shop floor control and schedule attainment.

Competencies