Finished Goods Material Planner

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• The Finished Goods (FG) Material Planner should have an excellent understanding of ERP/MRP concepts and principles for SAP or other ERP systems. Syensqo business strategies, customer base, material management and operations and supply chain processes including unique issues and constraints.
• This position requires strong analytical, problem solving (root cause / pareto) and communication skills. This role reports to the Site Planning Manager.

• The FG Material Planner is responsible for the near term (Primarily 0-4 month horizon) coordination and scheduling of supply / demand plans (inventory plans) for all specified machines and / or materials. Material scope could include Finished Goods, Intermediate Goods, and Raw Materials.
• Develop finite plans on a weekly rolling basis to optimize machine and material usage.
• Create and communicate a valid master production schedule on a weekly rolling basis to maximize available machine hours, material usage, and labor.
• Manage raw material portfolio
• Daily review and optimization of finite planning schedules taking into account operational and material changes along with business requirements/needs.
• Daily and weekly review of production schedule and raw materials ordering system exceptions or signals to ensure proper action is being taken to ensure supply of finished product to customer.
• Define and communicate raw material concerns / issues and impact to finite production schedules.
• Review and maintenance of specific system master data fields to ensure appropriate and updated information is driving actions and decisions from ERP systems.
• Participate and provide input into site & GBU Sales and Operations Plan.

• Responsible for the near term coordination and preparations of specified supply and demand plans.
• Development of a monthly supply demand plan providing visibility to specified material demands and associated supply, identify barriers / constraints, and make recommendations for resolving gaps.
• Management of specified material needs using the monthly supply plan as well as MRP exception messages and other SAP tools. This includes: configuration planning, specified material availability verses demand, inventory analysis, direct and in-direct requirements all in support of Syensqo commercial requirements.
• Coordination role between planning and customer service to include across sites or world areas where necessary.
• SAP Planning and scheduling management – interface with machines to ensure that the near term and long term plans are integrated.

• Generate cost savings, cost avoidance and product improvement efforts where possible.
• Production planning against medium and short term plan
• Dynamic rescheduling to cope with short term production issues
• Sales Order date confirmation
• Coordination with other departments (Customer service, logistics, production, etc.)

• Optimize manufacturing and customer service as it relates to specified materials (balance between manufacturing cost and inventory carrying cost)
• Analyze supply risks associated with inventory and define alternatives / recommendations
• Utilize inventory tools to manage specified materials inventory.
• Weekly analysis of specified manufactured and purchased materials & end of month inventory valuation. Identification of product cross referencing internally and inter-company, SMOG analysis, opportunities for SMOG/scrap sales/inventory transfer to other sites.
• Coordinate production order adjustments or purchase order modifications to maximize inventory usage.
• Conduct forecast review for planned production and/or purchase orders.

• Acquire product, materials and process…