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About this position

The Launch Planner has the ultimate accountability and responsibility for all activities related to Supply Chain in the launch planning process of all the products of our three product lines 'TASTE', 'CARE' & 'Well Being'. The role defines launch’s success or failure.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Manager as Supply chain representative, participating into Electrolux Project Management checkpoint process.
• Follow and improve the launch planning process for EPM and non EPM projects.
• Coordinate with relevant functions to ensure fulfilment of Supply chain-related exit criteria of every checkpoint (CP).
• Follow the process of Base models (in agreement with LCM), frozen BOM & Release of RPOs with all relevant parties (R&D, Purch., PL, Material planning & Project Manager/R&D) to ensure long LT components availability.
• Ramp up plan definition (volume / sequence) and follow-up based on LCM prioritization.
• Coordinate with Factory Supply Chain Manager for production Ramp-up planning. If bottlenecks in given period//week emerge on PNC launch capacity, drive prioritization of activities.
• Responsible for planning & executing Phase In and Phase out plan by working along with the country supply chain & Product line teams.
• Ensure Demand plan availability on time and in line with business plans and Category team expectation, linking to Sales operation team and coordinate with LCM to get Cluster PL acting on the issue.
• Check that Base model (with factory on phase in meeting) homologation process is in line with ramp up requirements.
• Consider implications on Phased-out PNCs to avoid obsolescence or out-of-stocks based on phase-out plan developed by LCM.
• Collaborate and coordinate for timely material code creation & readiness by working along with the MDM team.
• Check major issues on PNC level (Tracking Models, RPO, BOM, demand, etc.) and contact relevant functions to close issues and lead corrective actions to eliminate Launch failure root causes.
• Align with Project Manager on the need to change RDD or prolongation of old PNC to compensate for later launches considering implications and avoiding obsolescence or out-of-stocks.
• Participate in all necessary meetings/ follow ups, including weekly factory Phase in meeting.

Requirements

• Degree in Supply Chain.

Benefits