Cell planner

Plan resources, personnel, and materials for various work centers within production cells to ensure the timely delivery of customer orders.

Responsibilities 2. Progress Monitoring 3. Information Management 4. Expediting Job Characteristics Communication Authority Responsibilities

• Detailed Planning

• Translate the master build plan into an optimal schedule for available resources (production activities, machine capacity, personnel, materials, and equipment).

• Break down production orders across work centers by analyzing:

• Required work activities

• Number of machines needed

• Personnel requirements

• Material and component requirements.

• Convert the master plan into production and assembly schedules for each work center, taking into account delivery dates and the availability of machines, personnel, and materials.

• Identify problems and shortages within the Cell Support Team, supplying departments, and other departments, and propose solutions.

• Inform the Master Planning department and, after consultation with the Cell Support Team, communicate possible solutions (e.g., partial deliveries or delayed delivery).

• Integrate backorders and rush orders into the production schedule using the ERP system.

• Issue shop orders to the Cell Captains.

• Monitor work progress, identify bottlenecks, communicate findings to relevant departments, and recommend schedule adjustments.

• Participate in improvement project teams focused on cost reduction, quality improvement, and information management.

• Determine when work should be outsourced in the event of work center overload, based on ERP system information.

• Monitor expected delivery dates.

• Generate BDS reports to identify shortages and work with relevant departments to resolve them.

• Determine and communicate production priorities using the ERP system, including priority setting within the production cell.

• Verify material availability and issue required documentation.

• Process planning data in the ERP system.

• Check, sort, and distribute required documents.

• Record machine hours, labor hours, and materials/components used.

• Discuss supplier information related to shortage lists with relevant departments.

• Report recurring supplier delivery delays to the Cell Manager and/or Buyers.

• Ensure purchased materials are available on time.

• Discuss shortages, excess capacity, and possible solutions with the Cell Support Team.

• Discuss planning and assembly issues with the Cell Support Team and, for more complex issues, with the Operations Manager.

• Coordinate problems and solutions with supplying and receiving departments.

• Communicate material requirements.

• Inform the Sales department about delivery delays and possible solutions.

• Exchange system (coding) information with the System Administrator.

• Discuss priorities, disruptions, and work instructions primarily with the Cell Support Team and, when necessary, with the Operations Manager.

• Modify production schedules in consultation with the Cell Manager and Support Team.

• Issue shop orders and job queues to the Cell Support Team.

• Propose solutions to operational bottlenecks.

• Act as the Cell Manager during absences, including:

• Supervising the Cell Support Team

• Managing absence registration

• Approving leave

• Assigning work.

• Responsible for achieving on-time delivery through:

• Efficient planning of personnel, equipment, and materials.

• Adjusting schedules when disruptions occur.

• Identifying problems and proposing solutions.

• Providing information and instructions to Cell Captains.

• Accurate data processing.

Qualifications Competencies

• Planning and Organizing
• Decisiveness
• Communication
• Helicopter View (Big-picture thinking)
• Stability (Composure under pressure)

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: MBO+ level (vocational college or equivalent work and thinking level)

• Preferred field of study: Logistics

• Experience in production planning within a dynamic environment is an advantage.

• Additional requirements:

• Knowledge of ERP systems

• Experience with QRM (Quick Response Manufacturing) is an advantage

• Good command of both Dutch and English, spoken and written.