Senior Planner

The Senior Operations Planner is responsible for steering the heart of the company within the International arm of the Global Auto Care business. You will be engaging, collaborating and challenging the internal/external partners/sources/vendors along with analysing, driving, and providing decision-making support in areas of reporting, analytics and transactions.

The role is at the heart of what we do and provides the vision and the deliverability to manage our business.

• Retaining the correct levels of raw mate
• Providing monthly analysis by resource and lines of the production req
• Providing and trending data for the full financial year and flat lining produ
• Providing input as a key contributor from a planning perspective on pro
• Leading a project from concept to production on time, and in full
• Ensuring all relevant information is escalated to site managers as appli
• Accountability for steering and bringing change concepts to the team
• Team Accountability for delivery of the production plan whilst providing guidance to the operations planner on monthly targets and
• KPI’s Communicating efficiently and effectively to internal/external stakeho
• ld ers Analyzing and reporting on the safety and minimum stock levels required in line with the current plant b
• budget Communicate efficiently and effectively on the deliverance of shortages and deliverables to cust
• omer Responsible for plant CFR and plant communication to external stakehol
• ders Monitoring the progress of manufacturing to ensuring the adherence of the schedule, whilst escalating issues to the site managers when nece
• ssary Collaborate with New Product Development to plan in trials and information to allow line availabi
• lity Drive and participate in Lean manufacturing activ
• ities Collaborate and engage in reasonable activity to support the growth and profitability of the business whilst aligning to the wider goals and objec
• tives The above is a non-exhaustive summary of responsibilities that the Senior Operations Planner will be expected to fu
• lfil.

• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to solve complex problems and make recommendations
• Prior operational experience within manufacturing with internal and external stakeholders
• Good overall understanding of supply chain processes flow
• Excel skills with ability to analyze data and make recommendations
• Ability to multitask and successfully develop and execute plans in a dynamic environment
• Interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to work across all levels of the organization
• Good knowledge of production processes and the inter connections between departments
• Good organization and communication skills
• Confident in presenting reports/ data to site m