As manager of the planning team, you will own the client's Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) Process and
lead the interface between Sales, Engineering, Operations and Procurement functions to ensure an agreed
aggregated plan is achieved and communicated through the business, considering the availability of resources that
are directed to achieving our core objectives.
You will have overall responsibility for the facilitation of new part set-up and the accuracy of ERP Master data, to
ensure manufacturing costs are fully articulated and plan predictability.
Main Responsibilities:
• Lead SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) Process – take the lead in coordinating
appropriate meetings, with relevant reporting and data management.
• Lead and develop people using effective methods and processes to ensure highest levels of performance.
• Ensure timely liaison between the relevant functions to ensure parts inventory availability to meet
production plans.
• Development of processes and procedures to maximize the efficiency, repeatability, and performance as
applicable in support of business operational needs.
• Ensure effective liaison with Engineering to reduce the risk of obsolescence.
• Facilitation of enquiry review for sales order acknowledgement.
• Ensure that the sales forecast is entered to the ERP system and subsequent order are confirmed and
managed within ERP.
• Ensure ERP master data maintenance, ensuring the set-up of new parts and BOM configuration.
• Develop production schedules based on demand forecasts to meet customer requirements and
communicate with other departments to ensure wide knowledge and agreement to production schedules
and deadlines.
• Where required, liaise with Procurement colleagues in a timely manner to consider the need to expedite or
substitute to meet critical deadlines.
• Undertake capacity and resource planning to determine accurate people, resource, and capacity
requirements.
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