Supply Planner

Company: Cepheid
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: May 9, 2022

Job Description:

Overview:
Responsible for developing production/supply plans that take in to account forecasts, availability of material and manufacturing capacity. Critical proven activities should include OEE improvements, anticipation of cross functional business requirements, development of strategy for project execution, coordination of multi-echelon implementations, and full accountable for targeted business deliverables. In charge of production plan scheduling across multiple sites in a high complexity environment.

Responsibilities:
Demonstrated success improving OEE, capacity planning, scheduling and production planning.
Experienced as lead with operational shop floor management, enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools, quality management, and quality metric methodology, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.
Implementation of successful continuous improvement through Lean Leadership (Daily Management, Leader Standard Work, and Gemba Walks).
Demonstrated success as technical expert in broad supply chain areas, supporting management, creative new solutions, and execution of wide breadth of initiatives.
Demonstrated project integration, planning, communication, and documentation skills to oversee and prepare project team resources requirements in collaboration with cross-functional departments.
Develop and facilitate proposals, to support organizing and conducting relevant, concise, data driven, professional presentations to leadership with recommendations.
Perform critical analysis of material requirements from Production and Engineering drawings and documents in released or pre-released status.

Experience & Skills:
Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of related work experience OR
Master's degree in field with 3+ years of related work experience OR
Doctoral degree in field with 0-2 years of related work experience
APICS certification, CPIM preferred.
Medical device manufacturing experience.
SQL and Visio experience valued.
Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Preferred SAP experience.
Thorough understanding of master production scheduling, capacity planning and forecasting principals.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Ability to facilitate groups or meetings.
Experience with SOPs, GMP, ISO, JIT, MRP.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.

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