· Communicates information on materials availability to support build plans throughout the product life cycle
· Manages issues associated with engineering changes to ensure minimal cost exposure, excess materials and risk to customer shipment
· Reviews and reports on aggregate levels of product inventory, inventory exposure
· Performs Master Production Schedule (MPS) / Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) inputs and validation
· Has responsibility for parameter management and reporting for designated products
· Coordinates shop order/production order releases and materials kitting requirements
· To plans, organizes, controls and executes a production schedule for a designated product or products including program coordination
· To develops production schedules based on actual and forecasted customer demand, product demand profiles and knowledge of the customer
· To analyzes inputs (e.g., capacity, urgency of request, material availability, etc.) to help determine schedule
· To analyzes internal impact (e.g., line scheduling, procurement, logistics, shipping, etc.) of customer scheduling
· To ensures quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plan. Revises plans as required based on analysis of actual versus plan
· To manages issues associated with engineering changes to ensure minimal cost exposure, excess materials and risk to customer shipment
· To participates in the introduction of new products and supports the transfer/de-transfer of existing products through planning and analyzing of common and unique materials in support of project deadlines
· To maintains knowledge of customer volume fluctuations and determines the materials required
· To provides information to procurement on demand variances
· To develops and communicates short- and long-term commitments to customers to ship products
· To coordinates necessary resources to meet shipment commitments
· To reviews and reports on aggregate levels of product inventory, inventory exposure, backlog, availability and on-time delivery
· To develops recovery plans if missed shipments occur. Leads continuous improvement of planning processes.
