Global Production Scheduling Process Expert

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science. Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do.

This role will be central to both the Supply Chain Planning Centre of Excellence (CoE) & Project Hermes. The CoE is strengthening planning capabilities across Haleon through globally consistent processes, advanced planning technologies and measurable performance improvement. Project Hermes is our global planning transformation programme, connecting process design, technology delivery and manufacturing execution through common planning platforms and standard ways of working. The Global Production Scheduling BPE (Business Process Expert) will be a senior subject matter expert role within this transformation.

The role has direct influence on how Haleon designs, deploys and sustains production scheduling capabilities across its global manufacturing network. This role requires deep practical expertise in production scheduling, including finite capacity planning, sequencing, changeover optimisation, campaign design, schedule stability and manufacturing execution. The successful candidate will be recognised as a subject matter expert, capable of influencing decisions from the manufacturing floor to senior leadership and challenging process, system and operational design decisions where required.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting production scheduling process design based on daily data analysis and KPI dashboards, covering line loading, sequencing and changeover optimisation, campaign and wheel structures, and short horizon rescheduling.
• Ensuring adherence to scheduling principles, guidelines and process, including the frozen and firm horizon definition, the rules for breaking the frozen period and the standard escalation when the schedule cannot absorb a change.
• Defining the handover standard from master production scheduling into detailed scheduling, and from detailed scheduling into shop floor execution.
• Defining the standard for schedule adherence measurement, deviation coding and the daily loss review that follows from it.
• Maintaining process documentation, RACI and standard operating procedures for the scheduling discipline.
• Supporting the Global Scheduling Process Owner in defining Daily Management Standards (DMS) and Daily Direction Setting (DDS) for the scheduling discipline.
• Defining the exception and alert framework that directs scheduler attention.
• Driving DMS and DDS deployment into sites, and coaching schedulers and site leadership.
• Establishing the scheduling related scorecard and its associated KPIs.
• Supporting root cause analysis on KPI performance and translating findings into specific process, parameter or capability actions.
• Aligning end-to-end transformation overarching processes with other end-to-end streams and with internal and external partners.
• Supporting system related functionality build in cooperation with the system integrator, the system provider and internal global and local teams.
• Driving improvement in data quality in cooperation with related internal and external teams.
• Owning scheduling-side planning parameter definitions in partnership with the GPO Planning Parameters & Synchronisation.
• Assisting Change Impact Assessment (CIA), training development and documentation.
• Supporting the global roll out of process, system and scorecard into manufacturing sites.
• Transitioning ownership of the deployed standard into the CoE.

Job Requirements

• Deep working knowledge of production scheduling: finite scheduling logic, sequencing and changeover optimisation, campaign and wheel design, frozen horizon management.
• Able to hold a credible technical conversation with planners, with the system integrator and with senior leadership.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Expertise in process design, Lean Six Sigma and other process improvement approaches.
• Able to plan, sequence and land deliverables within a programme structure.
• Experience and capability in guiding multi-national and cross-functional teams.
• Strong change leadership experience.
• Good communication and team-oriented skills.
• Ability to stay close to the ground to understand the real end user experience.

Experience Needed

• Substantial experience (typically 6 years or more) in production scheduling or site planning within a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with an advanced scheduling or optimisation solution.
• Practical understanding of manufacturing performance systems.
• Proven experience in process design, simplification, standardisation, alignment and roll out across multiple sites.
• Experience of the pharmaceutical, consumer goods or FMCG sector is preferred.

Qualifications

• University degree (BSc or equivalent) in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional supply chain certification such as APICS/ASCM CPIM or CSCP is desirable.
• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or above) or formal continuous improvement training is advantageous.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected.

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