DescriptionOverviewReporting to the Sr Director of Operations, this role will support the Company's internal and contract manufacturing operations across multiple facilities (including Lenexa/GFS, Pharr/WHB, and Reynosa) and distribution centers by owning all capacity planning, production allocation, and scheduling with a focus on optimizing service levels, efficiency and cost. This role will also serve as a key planning/scheduling stakeholder in Project Elevate, the Company's ERP migration from Oracle EBS to SAP S/4HANA.
Job Responsibilities- Prepare schedules and allocate resources across internal and contract manufacturing facilities to meet delivery commitments, improving quality, productivity, cost efficiency, and on-time performance
- In collaboration with Operations leadership, own capacity models and forecasts, including rough-cut and detailed capacity planning and available-to-promise (ATP) analysis tying open sales orders to inventory and open supply. Proactively make recommendations to facilitate optimal production footprint based on sales forecasts
- Proactively identify potential operational bottlenecks and/or stranded capacity across production facilities and distribution centers, including inbound/outbound throughput and inventory-holding constraints
- Participate in corporate S&OP process, actively collaborate with Sales and Operations to optimize production
- Serve as the planning & scheduling workstream lead for Project Elevate, the Company's ERP migration from Oracle EBS to SAP S/4HANA, including documenting current-state processes and defining future-state scheduling and capacity requirements
- Partner with Finance and plant leadership to reconcile capacity and labor standards against standard cost variance reporting
- Utilize Company ERP systems (currently Oracle EBS, transitioning to SAP S/4HANA) to schedule operations, and analyze data used in making business decisions. Utilize Windows desktop applications to prepare reports and analysis as required (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in relevant field
- 5-10 years of previous experience in manufacturing or supply chain roles
- Demonstrated experience in planning and scheduling for a multi-site operation
- Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle EBS or SAP (S/4HANA preferred); prior involvement in an ERP implementation or migration is a plus
- Experience with rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) and available-to-promise (ATP) methodologies
- Advanced skills in Excel, demonstrated experience in scenario planning and modelling
- Experience with PowerBI, Tableau, Python, or other advanced data analysis tools
- Excellent leadership and communication skills
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the associate. Other duties will be assigned as needed.
