Planner / Buyer

Pe Global

Cork

The primary purpose of this job is to Plan the Manufacturing and Positioning of Cork made Product to ensure Customer and Business Requirements are successfully met. ___________________________________________________________________________ MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES : • Responsible for the effective coordination of the material planning, purchasing and production scheduling function and ensuring timely delivery to customers of finished products. • Identifies raw material and component requirements for production from engineering and production spec. monitors planning modules or production planning system with current lead times, and related information. • Reviews capacity loads and identifies possible manufacturing constraints. Monitors and anticipates production issues due to capacity, and new product launches. • Prepares production/planning reports as required. Analyses month end activity to determine the need for forecast modification, recommends revisions. • Reviews support documents for scheduling such as route sheets, enters all requirements into the planning system or process as required. • Support Plant or manufacturing unit supply S&OP as required. • Manages and/or maintains raw material inventory investment according to inventory entitlement models and drives improvement opportunities. • Leads supplier or component S&OP and supplier RCCP as required. • Leads and identifies improvement opportunities for plant manufacturing unit supply S&OP as required. • Identifies and drives Lean or Six Sigma improvement initiatives. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE. • Bachelor’s degree or higher. • Advanced data reporting and analytical skills. • APICS Certification. • Green Belt six-sigma certification. • Experienced ERP / Planning Systems User, able to execute in an ERP System. • Supply chain experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industry. • Contract manufacturing experience. • Leverages knowledge of the production and planning processes to identify opportunities to improve the initial plan, (i.e. through the application of lean processes. • Data mining skills through MS-Excel (or Equivalent)Strong organization skills and an aptitude for planning. Interested candidates should submit an updated CV, marked for the attention of Jamie McGill. Jamie.McGill@peglobal.net or call 021 4297900. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.

2742 days ago