Global Planning Director (m/f/d)
Join a dynamic and complex manufacturing environment, overseeing planning across a large-scale site producing over 10 distinct products and projects simultaneously. This role requires close collaboration with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including other manufacturing sites, cross-functional departments, product lines, Group Planning, Project Management, and regional teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead Site-Wide Planning Activities: Drive and coordinate all planning efforts across departments such as Project Management, Production, Testing, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Logistics.
Ensure Timely Project Delivery: Guarantee that all customer contractual milestones are met on schedule across all active projects.
Align Planning Across Functions and Levels: Maintain consistency and synchronisation between strategic, tactical, and operational planning across various functions including development, operations, and program management.
Capacity Planning & Resource Modeling: Develop and update models for planning capacity, focusing on workforce requirements and skillsets.
Training & Development: Design and oversee planning-related training programs, including Planning Academies, mentoring initiatives, and certification pathways for Project Planners.
Schedule Integration: Ensure seamless coordination between project timelines and operational schedules.
End-to-End Planning Oversight: Provide a comprehensive view across Strategic (S&OP), Tactical (SIOP/P&FM), and Operational planning layers.
Process Ownership: Define and continuously improve processes for capacity and resource management.
Tool & Data Governance: Establish the planning tools ecosystem, including rules for application and integration of sub-schedules.
Workload Management: Consolidate workload data and deliver effective tools and templates to support S&OP processes.
Bid Planning Leadership: Lead planning efforts for bids, ensuring robust and competitive schedules with clear milestones and risk assessments.
Candidate Requirements:
- 10+ years in planning, project management or production
- Experience within an MTO/ETO production environment
- Strong management skills
- Fluent in German and English
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