Planning and Analytics Manager

Overview

Our solutions are a key part of most industries – electronics, medical research, renewable energy, food production, infrastructure and many more. Working with us means working with the latest technologies and groundbreaking, sustainable innovations.

Join us on our journey for a better tomorrow.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Planning and Analytics Manager to join the Edwards team based at Product Company Eastbourne. Edwards has been engineering environments where innovation thrives for more than 100 years.

Our legacy is built on a willingness to push the boundaries of science – that’s why we’re a global leader of vacuum and abatement. Being part of Atlas Copco Group means we have more than 55,000 employees around the world; this is your opportunity to work alongside passion, expertise, and with the latest technology to transform industries such as electronics, medical research, renewable energy and more. Together, we have the power to improve millions of lives and shape countless careers.

We are diverse by nature and inclusive by choice. We recognize that bright ideas come from all of us. We embrace our different experiences and perspectives to create an inclusive, safe, and innovative culture where everyone has a sense of belonging and purpose.

Mission / Purpose of the Job

Ensure that the Planning team acts as a conduit for customer communications and updates, including sales and operations planning meetings. Promote clear communication within the Eastbourne site and outwardly facing to our external customers.

Ensure all planning tools are in line with latest technology and industry standards.

To lead the team of planners to plan the factory output of orders and maintain planning tools that are fit for purpose. Be a SAP specialist and super user on planning for site, overseeing specific site improvement projects as required and appropriate.

Main responsibilities

• Prepare the S&OP response giving options to respond to fluctuating demand in a quantitative data driven manner
• Champion and develop internal KPI monitoring systems
• Interface with the customer centres on commitment and forecast delivery data for customer deliveries of production and spares
• Provide weekly status reports and KPIs showing operational adherence to plan, efficiency and operational metrics via best practice tools
• Owner of developing the process of effective planning tools & reports
• Responsible for line managing a team of planners, ensuring all people processes are carried out in a timely fashion including: goal setting, 121 meetings, end-of-year, holidays, sickness, performance management, identifying and supporting development needs for all reports.
• Working with the Factory Planners, Logistics, Finance Controller and Materials Manager to manage the policies & process for inventory management
• Support continuous improvement of OTD throughout the product company organisation through regular analysis of performance and failure analysis
• Provide management information / support on material availability to the business and develop improvement plans and measures to capture improvement activities
• Planning data cleansing (i.e., review planning parameters, review all MADs, constraints)
• Responsible for ensuring our master planning tool is fit for purpose to translate sales and operations planning data and ensuring that data inputs are quantifiable as opposed to qualitative
• To be the site Champion and SME in the use of PBI reporting, Kinaxis and SAP.
• Champion the use of SAP ERP data and report from this repository via Power BI. Suggest and receive feedback from the team to develop such reports.
• Owner of SAP and Kinaxis data integrity and cleansing once released from the NPI team
• Any other analytical tasks prescribed by management

Behaviours

• Create a high performing team
• Grow and develop the team, ensuring a strong talent pipeline and succession plans are in place.
• Create and support clear development pathways to ensure skills growth and retention within the business.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, learning and growth where everyone is empowered to share ideas, solve problems and improve knowledge.
• Create a learning culture that supports employee development through coaching, mentoring, identifying training needs and creating effective development plans.
• Support the team to ensure that clear and SMART objectives are set in line with the OGSM and regular 1:1 meeting are held with continuous feedback being given to drive performance.
• Role model the effective management of absence, conduct and capability issues in a timely manner, ensuring that people policies and processes are adhered to.
• Ensuring effective communication and interaction across team and wider site / division.
• Holding the team accountable for the delivery of business and people KPI’s

To succeed, you will need

Essential

• Strong factory planning skills
• Must be a good communicator and have excellent fluency in spoken and written English.
• Good interpersonal and team working skills
• Organisational awareness, impact and influencing skills
• Assertive, diplomatic with a good appreciation of business and commercial issues.
• Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Business, Maths or equivalent experience
• Material management or operational knowledge
• Demonstrable experience in strategic involvement where individual judgement would have a direct bearing on company performance.
• Strong data analysis essential and ERP (SAP) subject matter expert is a necessity
• Computer literate, specifically: MS Office, ERP (SAP) systems, SQL database, Power BI.
• Evidence of an analytical approach using qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques

Desirable

• Experience of working internationally an advantage
• Knowledge of Vacuum pumps and electronics
• Experience of LEAN or equivalent methodology an advantage
• Familiarity with the principles of scheduling and production management, its implementation and support.
• Demand planning

Scope of the job

• Reports to the Operations Manager
• The role is based on site in Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK.
• The Eastbourne Product Company potentially serves all five Vacuum Technique Divisions: Scientific Vacuum, Industrial vacuum, Semicon, Semicon Service, Vacuum Technique Service.
• The role requires very close interaction with all teams, including NPI, Procurement, Engineering, Planning, Material Management and external equivalents
• Direct reports: 2

What we offer

There’s power in our perks too. They vary by where you are in the world, but you can expect

• 25 days’ holiday and bank holidays off
• Up to 7.5% bonus/profit share scheme
• Up to 8% company contribution pension
• 4 x basic salary life assurance
• Cash health plan
• subsidised canteen and gym membership
• Long Service, Recognition and Reward programmes
• Family ready policies
• Support/sponsorship for formal qualifications and professional development
• Time off to volunteer
• Global career opportunities
• Thriving well-being programme
• And more.

About Edwards

Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services. Edwards solutions are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells. They are also used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications; steel and other metallurgy; pharmaceutical and chemical; and for scientific instruments in a wide range of R&D applications.

Edwards has over 6,000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment. Edwards has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.

Diversity by nature and inclusive by choice

Bright ideas come from all of us. The more unique perspectives we embrace, the more innovative we are. Together we build a culture where difference is valued and we share a deep sense of purpose and belonging.

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