Factory Load Planning
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About the Role
Lead operational planning activities, ensuring alignment of demand, production capacity, and material readiness while mitigating risks and improving execution stability.
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Responsibilities
- Lead planning activities to ensure alignment between demand, factory capacity, production schedules, and material availability
- Coordinate factory load balancing and operational priorities in alignment with project requirements and business targets
- Monitor short , medium , and long term planning risks and initiate mitigation actions where required
- Lead operational risk mitigation activities related to material shortages, engineering delays, production bottlenecks, and feeder factory constraints
- Coordinate cross functional reviews to minimize operational disruptions and improve execution stability
- Oversee MRP strategy and planning parameter governance to ensure planning accuracy and system alignment
- Support optimization of SAP planning settings including lead times, safety stock, reorder points, and planning strategies
- Ensure proper governance and maintenance of milestone planning databases and operational tracking tools
- Monitor project milestones, operational readiness, and planning alignment across departments
Requirements
- Experience in operational planning, factory load management, and MRP strategy
- Ability to lead cross functional reviews and risk mitigation
- Knowledge of SAP planning settings and ERP systems
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The Opportunity
- Factory Load Planning leader is responsible for leading and coordinating operational planning activities across demand planning, factory load management, MRP strategy governance, operational risk mitigation, and milestone database management.
- The role ensures alignment between customer demand, production capacity, material readiness, and project execution priorities while driving operational stability and continuous improvement across the planning organization.
How you'll make an impact
- Lead planning activities to ensure alignment between demand, factory capacity, production schedules, and material availability.
- Coordinate factory load balancing and operational priorities in alignment with project requirements and business targets.
- Monitor short , medium , and long term planning risks and initiate mitigation actions where required.
- Lead operational risk mitigation activities related to material shortages, engineering delays, production bottlenecks, and feeder factory constraints.
- Ensure critical operational risks are identified, tracked, escalated, and followed up with stakeholders.
- Coordinate cross functional reviews to minimize operational disruptions and improve execution stability.
- Maintain and monitor operational risk tracking tools, dashboards, and mitigation action plans.
- Support improvements in HSE reporting, KPI tracking, and data analysis.
- Oversee MRP strategy and planning parameter governance to ensure planning accuracy and system alignment.
- Support optimization of SAP planning settings including lead times, safety stock, reorder points, and planning strategies.
- Ensure planning master data accuracy and alignment between operational requirements and ERP system parameters.
- Ensure proper governance and maintenance of milestone planning databases and operational tracking tools.
You will be responsible for
- Ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
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