MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULER

MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULER - Port ElizabethMaster Production SchedulerReports To: Supply Chain ManagerSummary:Co-ordinates and controls the planning of production and sales forecasts ensuring that inventory targets and customer orderfills are met.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Essential Duties and responsibilities are set out below. Other duties/responsibilities may be assigned as required.Review Customer demand in order to plan work activities:• Receive, reconcile, and post OE customers releases for all OEMs. Revert to OE Accounts manager and OEM should there be queries and assist with resolving the queries.• Receive, reconcile and post ICY customer releases from Europe and the USA. Ensure USA Supply Web ASNs are posted.• Receive Non-Branded Export customer orders and set shipping date.• Assist OESS Customer service clerk with reviewing and posting OESS forecasts.• Obtain Aggregate forecast from After Market Sales team, calculate disaggregation factors, enter to SAP and disaggregate AM forecast on SAP.Formulate Master production Schedule on SAP for 6-to-8-month horizon (or longer), for the 5 market segments indicated above, ensuring a balance between product types, and, where necessary, grouping families of products to improve production efficiency. Generate SPI Information of all approx. 500 products for minimum 3-month horizon, for Management review (SIOP) and for further business planning (e.g., Head Count Planning). Finalise MPS on SAP to meet agreed business objectives (e.g., Inventory targets) and to enable Material Planning.Submit Monthly SPI Input files to Management and EuropeConvert Weekly MPS into finite Production Schedule, and issue Works orders (Production orders/Travel Labels) on SAP, and issue to relevant Production Departments.Drive the daily production schedule with Production Team and Production Control, to ensure Customer service and production recovery target are achieved.Contacts:Supervise a team of Material controllers in execution of Material Requirements plans to ensure smooth Production flow. Support and assist where necessary to overcome supply-side problems/inventory inaccuracies.Report daily/Weekly/Monthly on Production progress/results and Inventory status.Support/assist Manufacturing, Engineering and Purchasing on inter-related activities when required.Support business initiatives in Safety Compliance, Quality initiatives and like activities.Qualifications:Education/Experience:SAPICS / Higher diploma in Supply Chain or University degree in Supply Chain coupled by at least 5 years planning experience with the automotive component industry.Reasoning Ability:Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.Computer Skills:To perform this job successfully, an individual should have in-depth knowledge of spreadsheet software. Specialized SAP system knowledge.Su