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Planning Manager

Garden Grove, California, United States (USA), GKN Aerospace [GKN-PM]

Field(s) of expertise
Project and Service Management
Job type
Contract
Education
Bachelor
Deadline
Closed

About this job

GKN Aerospace is a global engineering business. Every time you travel by air almost anywhere in the world it is likely that GKN is helping you on your way. We design, manufacture and service systems and components for original equipment manufacturers around the world. We are continuously evolving, pioneering new technologies and reinventing existing ones, stretching ourselves to better in everything we do.

We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do.

The Planning Manager will develop continuous improvement of materials and information flow processes and efficient utilization of available resources to meet customer demand, enhance material flow and optimize inventory.

Responsibilities

  • Deploy, manage, monitor and improve planning processes within the site to:
    • Best capture and communicate customer demand;
    • Ensure the effective use of available internal capacity/resources;
    • Synchronize external resources;
    • Actively promoting participation of all functions in these processes.
  • Ensure inputs to the planning processes are regularly reviewed and monitored for accuracy using a defined business process and corrected accordingly (e.g. inventory accuracy, routings, BOM, shop floor order control and other master data).
  • Ensure movement of materials on time and in full at all points in the process in line with agreed plans.
  • Ensure control and storage of inventory in line with lean with lean principles (e.g. visible FIFO and supermarket pull systems, Kanban loops).
  • Continuously develop external materials logistic network to achieve lowest cost movement of materials into and out of plants.
  • Ensure appropriate supply chain metric targets are achieved (e.g. customer DSA, inventory turns.)
  • Contribute to the longer term strategy (3 to 5 yr. plan) for the site from a Supply Chain perspective.
  • Develop and deploy supply chain CI plan and projects to achieve business plan.

Profile

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in Business, engineering or related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management in a manufacturing environment.
  • 4+ years of management experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Must be a US citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Aerospace experience preferred.
  • Ability to demonstrate leadership ability in a manufacturing environment.
  • Good analytical skills, and understanding of manufacturing lean manufacturing principles and strong customer relation skills.
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite and strong MRP systems and software skills.
  • Posses excellent communication skills including presentation skills.
  • Experience in Defense/Aerospace exposure preferred exposure preferred.
  • Continuous Improvement/lean manufacturing knowledge.

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