Phakisa Holdings is currently seeking a Industrial Planner for Durban. Manage the adequacy between demand (Firm & Forecast) and Resources (Manufacturing & Procurement) to reach customers QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) and projects timescales while optimising site resources (People, machines and Cash). Railway Industry Knowledge. Key accountabilities: Apply Industrial Planning Golden rules. Apply EHS (Environment Health Safety) rules when moving in workshops Manage demand (firm & forecast) in the Core Planning Tools and/or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Capture the Demand Consolidate and analyze the demand forecast (BoQs / BOMs project team and S&OP (Sales & Operations Plan) demand plan Check the consistency and completeness of the demand forecast and put in place corrective actions when needed Contribute to the anticipation process (consolidate, check approval process consistency, perform netting when Sales Order is placed) For firm demand, validate the adequacy between the need expressed by the project team and the product lead-time communicated by the supplier before registering the firm need (through MPS demand.) Collaborate with Materials planners in ensuring accurate master data maintenance. Drive material buffer at warehouse according to Alstom Stock policy and manage missing parts. Contribute to planning instances & monthly reporting Collaborate to the quarterly S&OP: Build the industrial planning for opportunities in coherency with inputs from tender team, project team, site strategic plan and firm projects already in the portfolio Perform operations workload versus workforce analysis and analyze bottlenecks (site capacity) • Provide output to central S&OP team for global consolidation Ensure that S&OP instance decisions are reflected as input into Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) Participate to the SIOP cycle by doing the appropriate simulations and propose feasible scenario to support decisions to be taken (with internal and/or external solution) Ensure that SIOP instance decisions are reflected into MPS and/or Material Delivery Plan and cascade through the organization with appropriate communication to internal / external suppliers Support the stakeholders (i.e. Product Manager, Obsolescence Manager & Catalogue Managers) in production volumes analysis / consolidation Report the Work In Progress (WIP) and Finished goods (FG) for Hard Inventory (HI) consolidation in time Report the Manufacturing Throughput and Production Performance KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) in time Ensure that all KPIs are calculated according to the standard rules Build and update the Master Production Schedule (Firm Demand only) Build the production plan taken into account availability of Material, Men, Machine (3M approach) Get the commitment on the hypothesis taken from all stakeholders Resource Management: Calculate manufacturing and testing workload inside the Planning Tool / Excel Identify the quantity of resources (not nominatively) needed per workshop Share results for monthly meeting Bottleneck analysis: Identify the bottlenecks as well as all other possible risks on the production plan Alert Industrial Planning manager and PrPM / SSM of the projects involved each time maximum capacity is reached Propose scenario to secure and/or recover production plan (internal and/or external solution) Daily monitoring: Monitor production plan adherence Analyze the root causes of delay of the production plan (using 5-Why method) and their impact (including on other projects in case of multi project line) Participate to alignment meeting with industrial teams (Manufacturing / Testing / Supply Chain) Contribute to escalation process in case of non-adherence Update industrial planning into the Planning Tool / Excel each time there is a change validated by all stakeholders Update weekly the actual dates and communicate internally on the production plan status through a cockpit (tables, graphs, …) Prepare and participate to site planning instances / meetings In case of particular event (strike, pandemic, supplier crisis, etc.): Evaluate impact by doing simulation to be validated in the appropriate instance After decision is taken, update industrial planning into the Planning Tool / Excel In case of validated major change, prepare communication pack for SCM (Supply Chain Management) and Procurement (to be send to internal and external suppliers) Minimum of a Supply Chain (or related) Diploma Minimum of 5 years working experience in Supply Chain, with minimum 3 years in the planning function Hands on working experience in a Industrial environment Knowledgeable of End-to-End vision for Industrial Planning process and process impact in Excel for procurement and manufacturing Advance working experience in Excel/ PowerPoint Virtual working experience Working knowledge of Core Planning Tool, ERP (i.e. SAP MRP Railway Industry Knowledge Apply Now

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