Senior Manager, Global Capacity Planning

POSITION SUMMARY:

This role ensures that the right resource is available internally when required to meet customer demands and leads the global capacity planning work processes and tools for the supply chain. This is also responsible for execution of category level supply plans against the 5-year vision to deliver Cost, Cash, and Customer Service goals.

Additionally, this role coordinates across all product lines and supply chain team to plan for capacity, balance and execute with constrained capacity. He/she will join a team that drives and adapts business infrastructure tools like SAP IBP/Hana or other enterprise digital planning platforms, short and long-term planning processes and service level agreements between Manufacturing, Sales Operations, Supply Chain & Order Fulfillment as our business becomes more complex.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Map and Digitize Capacity across our Big 5 Factories in terms of equipment, floor space, headcount to drive planning activities and optimize manufacturing efficiency, stock levels and costs.
  • Generate a view of critical capacity constraints impacting manufacturing (line, equipment, people, floorspace, warehousing capacity, etc..)
  • Create a detailed view of AE’s assets (primarily equipment/testers) with associated specifications in order to build a comprehensive map of capacities in our network.
  • Identify critical bottlenecks in this network.
  • Ensure the information received is of quality, integrated and live to enable effective decision making.
  • Run SC capacity plans balancing across BUs (product launches, capacity constraints)
• Work with Factories to analyze Capacity constraints and Footprint Utilization: Leads and owns processes for Demand Flow Verification, Rough Cut Capacity Planning, Category level Production capacity what If, CSP issue Resolution, Drive and Enable Category-Level Supply Chain Improvement, Inventory glide-path and critical supply planning (CSP) Health Check.
  • Represents Supply and Demand Management in quarterly business review on cost scorecard and/or project updates with leadership.
  • Ensure healthy inventory management KPIs. Will work with stakeholders to drive a healthy utilization of warehouses, clear disposition of ageing inventory and efficient inventory management practices.
  • Create capacity plans which meet business targets and optimize manufacturing efficiency and costs.
• Drive manufacturing flexibility for our sites: Drive the standardization of equipment and optimize factory organization for the mid and long term.
  • Review systems and methods to continually improve plans so that the organization can better anticipate customer needs leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies, platforms and solutions.
  • Assess existing capacity and draw up forecasts based on future plans for demand.
  • Analyze specifications and capacity and undertake appropriate calculations to estimate job requirements, in terms of labor, tools, materials and resources.
• Assess NPI Capacity Requirements as part of the product lifecycle management and incorporate any associated phase out considerations.
  • Continually monitor and review plans and make appropriate adjustments in the event of changes and unforeseen circumstances.
  • Review trends, research data and evaluate and prepare results.
  • Reconcile variances from original plans and maintain a view of actual against forecast projections.
• Lead Capacity Ahead Of Demand (CAOD) Capex Meeting: Determine production capacity needs to meet changing demands of the products. Understands how the business operates and plans for future capacity requirements.
  • Continually review ways in which to make improvements and make the capacity planning and manufacturing process more efficient implementing and adopting best practices.
  • Utilize knowledge and research methods to drive best practice results.
  • Implements and train BU on CSP tools and work processes, enabling the business to deliver critical supply planning business results.
  • Serves as primary CSP resource and level one support for end users within BU.
• Relationship Management
  • Liaise with internal stakeholders and obtain appropriate information and data in order to prepare schedules, plans and forecasts.
  • Liaise with customers to understand existing and future demands.
  • Communicate plans and forecasts to internal stakeholders and review plans to ensure efficient resource utilization.
  • Support meetings supplying relevant data, provide updates on plans and highlight concerns relating to actual or potential issues.
  • Escalate any issues to business leaders or others in the organization particularly when there is risk which could prevent the organization meeting customer demands or where there are over capacity concerns.
  • Support product change requests and prepare plans and forecasts in line with changes.
  • Design and maintain capacity performance reports and statistics to share with internal stakeholders and provide information as required in relation to organizational metrics and updates using digital technologies.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Works in a standard office environment and uses office equipment (telephone, PC, copier, fax machine, etc.). Travel required approximately 25% of time both domestic and international.

SKILLS:

• Excellent product knowledge with understanding of test equipment and application range
• Excellent communicator with the ability to present/communicate clearly complex concepts to different audiences across functions and different levels.
• Self-driven/Proactive individual with strong ability to drive and influence without authority.
• Able to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally.
• Strong analytical skills, problem-solving skills, attention to details and strong business acumen
• Commercial and financial acumen with a strong understanding of the cost of failure both the production and the ability to fulfil customer orders.
• Strong numeracy, statistical and reporting skills with the ability to analyze, interpret and manage information, data, and trends. Comfortable work with numbers and large datasets
• Knowledge and experience of project management skills.
• Results orientated and able to prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
• Adhere to health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, other staff, and visitors.
• Pro-active, Optimistic and welcomes change, collaborative approach to working with others.
• Able to remain focused and work efficiently under pressure while handling multiple tasks (both tactical/strategic)

EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrate initiative, adaptability and problem-solving skills in dynamic environment.
• Prior experience in a capacity planning role, preferably within the semiconductor/high-technology or manufacturing/engineering environment.
• Good understanding of the semiconductor industry with a good knowledge of production/manufacturing processes and lead times.
• Experience or knowledge of statistics, forecasting and management information methods and techniques.
• Experience in using SAP IBP, SAP Hana, SAP ECC or any relevant technologies that support efficient and productive ways of working.
• Prior experience of building capacity/forecasting models and plans and undertaking complex analysis to create accurate information.
• Strong IT systems knowledge and skills including advanced Excel skills and the ability to learn new software packages.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) holder with preferably 5-10 years of work experience in an engineering, capacity management or analytical role. Preferred background in a semi-conductor or industrial with supply chain management experience. MBA is a plus.