Production Planning Manager - Lively, Canada - Komatsu

Komatsu

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Lively, Canada

1 week ago

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Description

Date:

Aug 28, 2023- Location: Lively, ON, CA, P3Y 1L7- Req ID: Onsite or Remote: Onsite PositionKomatsu is an indispensable partner to the construction, mining, industrial, and forestry industries that maximizes value for customers through innovative solutions.

With a diverse line of products supported by our advanced IoT technologies, regional distribution channels, and a global service network, we tap into the power of data and technology to enhance safety and productivity while optimizing performance.

Our Komatsu, P&H, Joy, Montabert, Modular Mining Systems, Hensley Industries, NTC, and Gigaphoton equipment and services are used to extract fundamental minerals and develop modern infrastructure.

Focusing exclusively on the underground hard rock, underground soft rock, and surface mining sectors, Komatsu Mining designs, manufactures, distributes, and services extensive product lines of highly reliable P&H surface mining equipment and JOY underground mining machinery used to cut, crush, load, and convey coal and industrial minerals worldwide.

Komatsu Mining's products and related services are used extensively for mining coal, copper, iron, gold, and other mineral resources, and the company employs people worldwide.

Komatsu Mining Corp.

offers rewarding experiences and unique growth opportunities in addition to the following:

Competitive wages
Annual Bonus
Comprehensive benefits package (health & dental, vision coverage, healthcare spending account, and life insurance)
Personal wellness allowance
Companysponsored registered pension plan (RPP) and matching program.
Paid uniform and personal protective equipment
Paid vacation time
Paid sick time
Companysupplied tools
Trades apprenticeship and training opportunities
Training and education support
Employee social engagement activities and benefits
Industryleading site safety statistics
Sustainable employment
Ability to be a part of an exciting and innovative company developing new stateoftheart technology and equipment

Job Overview:

The
Production Planning Manager is an integral part of the business working with operations fulfillment teams, engineering, sales distribution, finance and others to ensure production plan is maintained and accurate again sales forecast.

They will act as the hub of planning for hard rock products to ensure there is a centralized, multifaceted, consistent and controlled strategy around hard rock planning through multiple departments and sites.

They are responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining planning processes and controls from engineering release to commercial forecasts/sales orders to manufacturing production schedules and procurement/material availability for all hard rock OE drilling and LHD/Truck products manufactured in Canada and the U.S.

Key Job Responsibilities:

Own the S&OP process ensuring all information is consolidated between sales, procurement, and manufacturing of all hard rock products independent of procurement and manufacturing sites.
Facilitate the NPD product transition to preproduction builds working with engineering to ensure timelines for final product releases are coordinated through procurement and manufacturing.
Responsible for the creation and maintenance of the master production schedule (MPS) to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of material and labour capacity planning.
Constructs master schedule to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders.
Convert master production schedule into weekly plan and daily work assignment schedules that manage constraints of manpower, equipment and optimize costs in collaboration with manufacturing engineering.
Prepare long and shortterm capacity plans based on production capacity, model mix, supply requirements and support of the sales forecasts.
Manage the schedule review process including demand planning, forecasting, plant production planning and import planning to achieve hard rock OE stock inventory target levels and avoid inventory stock outs or excess inventory.
Manage open communication of production schedules through various departments from engineering, supply chain to commercial teams to ensure prioritization cascades through organization and customer expectations are maintained and managed through commercial channels. Draws up master production schedule to meet customer requirements according to sales forecasts and/or customer orders utilizing the scheduling function within the ERP system.
Efficiently schedule production to maximize throughput, use of labor, minimize changeovers and waste.
Develop planning KPIs that measure performance of functional department contributions to business commitments and health including on safety, quality, delivery, cost, etc.
Identifies and documents risks and countermeasures with mitigation plans.

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