Planning Scheduling Director

The Planning & Scheduling Director is responsible for leading the endtoend planning and including strategy organizational workload alignment of Oracle schedules Sales Forecasting accuracy to achieve predictable and consistent OTD performance. This role also is responsible for all RMA coordination. 

Responsibilities:

• Manages and directs all planning and scheduling personnel activities to ensure completion of customer requirements.
• Develop overall plan to support dependent and independent demand.
• Develops budgets and resource plans and monitors performance to achieve component part delivery and build schedules that support customer demands.
• Develop data and analytical reporting for current & future required KPIs.
• Review and approve any new contract awards and reconcile with Contracts any lead time issues (internal or external) which will cause customer request dates to be late.  Reconciliation goal is to agree on a contractual date that satisfies both parties.
• Manages the overall master schedule working with PMO APU Managers and Planners to meet customer forecasts and demands.
• Assesses performance indicators and takes appropriate actions to ensure Oracle MPS and Attribute integrity cost and quality goals are met.
• Ensures required documentation and/or system transactions are executed to meet customer procurement system inventory accuracy and financial reporting requirements.
• Reviews and manages control of aged WIP.
• Manages the RMA coordinators and the overall RMA process of and status.
• Collaborate with the Purchasing and Inventory Control management to optimize stock deliveries to support schedules needs and meet inventory turns.
• Assures policies procedures and other documentation are followed to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Ensure planners understand and monitor material milestones to ensure they meet budgeted billings plan.
• Provides leadership and commitment in support of continuing improvements in quality cost and delivery performance.
• Support customer meetings develop reports and present as required.
• Monitors project material budget to EAC ensures planners have knowledge of and work budget baseline issues.
• Staff development including competencies and subject matter training.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications :

Technical Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to analyze issues: gather relevant information systematically; consider a broad range of issues or factors; grasp complexities and perceives relationships among problems or issues; seek input from others.
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems and the application to a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work well independently and lead a team.
• Ability to perform problem analysis and resolution.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Lean/Six Sigma experience a plus.

Experience:  Bachelors degree or minimum of 10 years in supply chain and minimum of 68 years in management experience.

Security: U.S. citizen required and ability to obtain a security clearance.

Additional Information :

Why Smiths Interconnect

• Global Impact: As part of Smiths Group a global engineering leader youll be working on groundbreaking technologies that make a difference in industries that are shaping the future.
• Career Growth: Opportunities for professional development and career progression across Smiths Interconnect and the wider Smiths Group.
• Innovative Culture: Join a collaborative and innovative team where your ideas and contributions are valued and rewarded.
• Competitive Package: We offer a competitive salary benefits package and performancerelated incentives.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.

At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation including but not limited to interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our careers website Careers Smiths Group plc

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.

At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation including but not limited to interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our careers website Careers Smiths Group plc