Plant Material Planner

New trends and expectations are reshaping the automotive industry. Inspired by the exciting new challenges associated with this revolution, Faurecia anticipates the future of mobility developing cutting-edge solutions for smart life on board and sustainable mobility. If you’re willing to contribute and create value for tomorrow’s cleaner and smarter mobility, Faurecia is the place to be.

The role of the PCL Engineer in a plant is to ensure the customer requirement by levelling the activity of the plant production floor, at the minimum stock level possible.

He or she is accountable for:

• Customer communication, right usage of customer systems and tools, Customer order integrations and fulfillment at the right Engineering level,
• PDP ( Master production schedule) establishment ( Formal Multifunction Process + FCS registration) and the monitoring of the PDP execution from PC&L point of view
• PIC inputs ( Sales & Operation Plan inputs) : Customer demand, forecast, customer assumptions, working days and targets inventories,
• Finished goods inventories (TPA, Pool stock, Goods in transit, External WHs and consignment stocks if exist).
• Receive the customer needs in a proper format and integrate It into FCS, manage if applicable the customer portal ( Releases, shipment confirmations, empty management, ASN …)
• Analyze and understand the customer needs (Including aftermarket business), discuss, comment and negotiate them with the customer to align
• Ensure Dry out and SOP phases of Engineering changes and/or new programs
• Implement the PDP ( MPS) for the plant according to PIC guidance, updated customer’s needs, and PC&L manager guidance ( Weekly) and monitor the PDP execution to ensure the delivery plan and the customer needs :
  • Last week performance
  • Demand planning
  • Production arbitration
  • PDP meeting then MRP
  • PDP output and monitoring (using standard tools available like Levelling board picture, diagonal, Preactor,….)
• Manage and check the pool and safety stocks levels designed during the PIC and confirmed with the PDP, ensure weekly review of the FCS min/max stock objectives,
• Follow the delivery planning to customer including returnable flows, monitor eventual gaps to plan with Traffic scheduling and lead Alerts resolutions
• Monitor the delivery performance ( MPM registration) and drive related QRCI
• Prepare the Inputs of the S&OP ( PIC) on monthly basis to be able to propose to the plant team a leveled vision of the volumes to optimize the resources, under the guidance of the PC&L manager,

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have/be:

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial or supply-chain management
• Multi-functional & Multi-cultural communication,
• SAP knowledge appreciated, especially PP module ( SD and MM are a plus)
• Minimum bi-lingual (English + one other languages)
• Customer orientation / Team spirit / Autonomy, rigor

Faurecia is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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