The contract manufacturing (RoW) Operation Planning Engineer/Manager is accountable for CM planning and capacity management. This role is responsible for overseeing end-to-end contract manufacturing planning, forecasting, and optimizing capacity including strategic commitments on delivery & inventory targets. He/She also ensures implementation of policies and develops innovative methodologies to manage CMs effectively. He/She collaborates with both internal and external stakeholders to de-escalate risks and ensure operations run efficiently.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Supplier Relationship Management: Liaise with CMs for developing and communicating short- and long-term commitment to ship the products. Coordinates necessary resources to meet shipment commitments and makes regular proactive contributions to the completion of new operation procedures and work flows relevant to supply chain planning.
- Contract Negotiations: Negotiate strategic vendor contracts for long term partnership to deliver business needs (e.g., capacity assurance, pricing, inventory, etc.)
- Capacity / Production Planning: Collaborate with cross-functional ASMPT S&OP teams and CMs to develop production schedules that meet inventory, lead-time, and delivery requirements. Align S&OP plans between ASMPT & CM; collaborate to de-escalate capacity or supply risks if any. Plan for provisions in CM capacity surge to support ramp cycles.
- Performance Management: Ensure defined KPIs and metrics are met and monitor delivery performance of CMs, regularly reviewing performance, taking corrective actions as necessary focusing on delivery (e.g., volume-mix compliance), cost (e.g., cost roll update, DPO) and inventory management (e.g., DIO, aging stock, physical inventory audits, consign material reconciliation).
- Continuous Improvement: Conduct data analysis, track production unit costs, delivery lead-time, inventory & payment term for accurate forecast and future resources planning.
- Change Management: Advocate clear change management process to govern for production order loading, tracking, and ensuring correct parts are procured to meet the latest changes to form, fit and function of the product.
- Project Management: Coordinate across various internal and external stakeholders. Manage the load of plant and propose resources allocations regarding demands. Escalate and mitigate business critical risks. Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements.
- Industry Knowledge: Stays abreast with industry and policy changes and identifies implications and opportunities for his/her area of contract manufacturing. Communicate with the CM on the order release and monitor delivery.
- Business Planning: Participates in annual business planning process, provides monthly estimated actual on projected and actual spending.
Requirements
- Tertiary qualifications in supply chain mgmt., engineering, business, or related fields >8 years of experience in commercial/business AND manufacturing planning (ops, planning, delivery) function required. Proven leadership experience.
- Experience in External and Contract Manufacturing, Supply Chain Processes & Management.
- Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills; mature, pleasant, and highly energetic personality.
- Analytical mindset with ability to make variance reports for stock, delivery, planning against budgeted figures.
- Sound good in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Power BI and experience with large ERP system(s). e.g., SAP
- Proficiency in written and spoken Mandarin and Chinese.
