Head of Production Planning
A leading global agricultural machinery company is looking for a head of production planning and work preparation to oversee their site in Leipzig. The role is best suited to someone comfortable working within heavy industries previously that is comfortable overseeing both production line and factory planning.
Your responsibilities:
- Oversee technical and disciplinary management of planning department
- Ensure the planning and optimization of the process of component manufacture and assembly taking into account the defined standards
- Ensure the provision of optimal and economical processes and resources including the coordination of procurement
- Ensure availability of materials and coordination with related departments and suppliers
- Planning and control of personnel deployment and any necessary personnel development measures
- Determining, securing and implementing standard times
- Participation in the creation and initiation of standards in the plant network
- Derivation, control and reporting of budgets (OPEX and CAPEX) and targets
- Control of the plant structure planning
- Establishing collaborations with extended workbenches and make-or-buy decisions
- Calculation and evaluation of process costs
- Ensure the NPI process
- Ensuring the creation and maintenance of work plans in SAP in production and assembly as well as for extended workbenches including master data
- Promoting the continuous improvement process and achieving efficiency and productivity increases through lean management methods
- Compliance with relevant safety, health and environmental regulations
- Creation of framework conditions for a continuous improvement process
- Ensuring the implementation of standards from central functions and the plant network
- Ensure the planning and implementation of measures to increase efficiency and productivity as an essential part of the sustainable profitability of the company
- Ensuring planning and optimization of the manufacturing/assembly process, taking into account the defined standard
- Ensuring the creation and maintenance of work plans in SAP in production and assembly as well as work plan-relevant master data.
Your profile:
- Completed degree/technical studies in mechanical engineering, production engineering, materials management, or similar
- Strong background in industrial manufacturing and assembly as well as factory planning - ideally in automotive or vehicle construction
- Several years' relevant experience in plant or production planning
- German fluent, English preferred
- Resilient, reliable and high commitment with a willingness to make decisions
If this seems like the right next step in your career please apply today!
