Senior Production Planning Manager

1. Be responsible for all Planning activities.

2. Develop Planning team to meet customers’ requirements and best services.

3. Optimize inventory and maximize planning capacity.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1) Planning & Production Control

• Ensure the promised ship dates (On Time Delivery) are tracked and monitored to meet customers delivery requirements.

• Provide the promised dates nearest with Customer Request Date (CRD).

• Analysis the root cause of delayed deliveries with related department and dress the issues quickly and productively.

• Maximize capacity and maintain the efficiency of utilization of equipment.

• Best use of planning tools to optimize manufacturing cost.

• Calculate and propose the investment of the plant capacity as customer requirements.

• Develop planning tool to for transfer products such as Passive, PBC…to ensure the shipping schedules are met.

• Control and order raw material enough for production.

• Conduct the daily/weekly/monthly with related department effectively.

• Deploy and monitor the production scheduling on ERP.

• Make sure all the Work Instructions are generated and updated in a timely manner.

• Identify and solve effectively all the potential issues among cross functions which related to Planning.

• Respond to customer accuracy and timely.

• On Time Delivery and other assigned reports are completed as required timeline.

2) Inventory

• Provide the rolling forecast to suppliers in a timely manner to ensure the materials are kept at suppliers to shorten the lead time.

• Review backlog period to ensure the pull in/push out are communicated with suppliers to meet revenue and optimize inventory.

• Manage Work In Progress (WIP) value and aging to minimize inventory.

• Run MRP (Material Required Planning) to purchase material accurately.

• Update production yield in time to prevent the shortage /extra finished goods to customers.

• Analysis and send the aging materials/strategic/safety stock reports on time.

• Provide the rolling forecast to suppliers in a timely manner to ensure the materials are kept at suppliers to shorten the lead time.

• Review backlog period to ensure the pull in/push out are communicated with suppliers to meet revenue and optimize inventory.

• Manage Work In Progress (WIP) value and aging to minimize inventory.

• Run MRP (Material Required Planning) to purchase material accurately.

• Update production yield in time to prevent the shortage /extra finished goods to customers.

• Analysis and send the aging materials/strategic/safety stock reports on time.

3) Leadership

• Ensure your team is staffed, motivated, inspired, engaged and empowered to deliver a high and sustainable performance level in an ever-changing environment at a cost level the organization can sustain and reflects market realities.

• Ensure you have the right people in the right jobs, by consistently using proper interview and selection techniques and methodologies throughout your organization.

• Ensure a learning environment is in place and your team is trained and developed to consistently achieve your organization’s expectations in both the short and long terms.

• Ensure the Performance Management Process is fully operating with meaningful stretch goals for all employees in your organization, that feedback is on-going and focused on development and done with 100% On Time Delivery.

• Ensure a free flow of two-way information for your organization to work effectively and communication channels are active and open.

• Ensure an accident-free environment by following all EH&S policies and procedures, maintain a clean, safe and orderly environment and openly endorsing and creating an attitude that all accidents are preventable within your sphere of influence.

• Ensure the spirit and intent of all employment laws and regulations and II-VI and local HR policies and procedures are understood and complied with in your area.

• 10+ years of working experience in production planning in manufacturing company with 3+ years of managerial/leadership experience.

• Using SAP and Oracle ERP is preferred.

• Customer focus.

• Planning and organizing skills

• Self-motivated.

• Good knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Principles, Quality Assurance is preferred.

• Experience in Project Management is preferred.

• Ability to excel in a cross-organizational team environment.

• Proven ability to lead and motivate people, teamwork, and conflict management.

• Ability to deal effectively with differences of opinion, to influence, to draw ideas from others, and to negotiate and mediate.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills in both English and Vietnamese.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills and time management skills.

• Excellent at MS Office, especially in MS Excel.