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About this position

Imagine being responsible for Advanced Production Planning Manager (System Super User), enhance operational efficiency, ensuring adherence to quality standards, and implementing best practices across production planning/scheduling processes for the world’s largest jewellery brand.

Responsibilities

We love that you will…
• Develop APS standard, Policy, and guideline and approve for change request, including provide technical support and recommendation for system issue
• Drive system performance and usability improvement by coordinating with IT, Production and Scheduling team to determine optimal APS feature and planning parameters to ensure KPI achievement and plan adherence
• Monitor performance variance against KPI target and drive corrective action with key stakeholders (Scheduling, Master Planning, Production, PEx)
• Provide input and resources to support strategic initiatives related to APS CP
• Provide resources and system knowledge for training to APS CP users and related project or system.
• Develop APS standard, policy, guidelines, and parameters to ensure effective and efficient scheduling process and output
• Manage APS execution and performance for smooth operations
• Monitor APS functionality and performance and be the first-tier support for operational issue solving
• Support APS system set up, updates and changes
• Align the setup of new sites, locations, production processes, or master data changes with AX, DCS, SAP S4 Hana, DMC and related systems
• Review and approve test cases and APS functionality tests
• Evaluate impact and recommend changes needed in APS or other system to support business and systems change requirement
• Review scheduling parameter and master data accuracy (e.g. STD accuracy) for Scheduling effectiveness of each production site and collaborate with MDM for correction
• Review system performance and usability and address gaps/improvement opportunities to identify Scheduling and APS improvement initiatives and coordinate with related teams and consultants to find solution and implement
• Discuss performance variance against KPI target with key stakeholders (Scheduling, Master Planning, Production, I&PD, PEx) and ensure corrective actions are taken in timely manner
• Review and approve recommendation or change request related to APS CP to support business requirement/change, Company Strategy and strategic initiative
• Develop scheduling support tools and reports (KPI monitoring, Production tracking) to support scheduling process and cross-functional communication
• Share best practices in scheduling among team members

Requirements

We love that you are…
• At least 5 years exp in Planning especially in area of production scheduling or capacity planning, at least 3 years in managerial position.
• Hands-On experience in ERP, APS or similar
• Ability to relate cooperatively with internal and external departments.
• Familiar with labour intensive operations where production

Benefits