Drive world‑class planning capabilities across the company’s global manufacturing network.
Standardize, optimize, and continuously improve production scheduling, material planning, and capacity planning processes.
Act as a strategic bridge between global supply chain strategy and local execution.
Develop functional expertise, advance planning maturity, and enable superior service, productivity, and inventory performance.
Define, maintain, and deploy global standards, policies, and best‑in‑class processes for production planning.
Ensure harmonized adoption of global processes to create consistency and scalability across manufacturing sites.
Identify planning bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and maturity gaps through data analysis and cross-site review.
Lead the design and execution of improvement initiatives leveraging digital tools, automation, and analytics.
Own global production planning and scheduling tools, ensuring strong master data accuracy and continuous enhancement.
Drive digital transformation initiatives related to planning technologies.
Assess maturity across sites and design targeted training programs for planners.
Conduct planning audits, maturity assessments, and performance reviews.
Partner with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales, Procurement, and IT to ensure alignment of production plans.

Over 10 years of experience in production planning or supply chain planning
Strong understanding of MRP, RCCP, and inventory optimization
Proven end‑to‑end planning ownership, ideally within a regional or global operating model
Experience implementing global standards and/or leading planning transformation programs
Hands‑on knowledge of advanced planning systems (e.g. Kinaxis, PP/DS) and ERP platforms
Strong analytical and data‑driven mindset with a continuous improvement orientation
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in a complex, global environment
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field

Production Capability Director

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