Overview
Hexcel is the industry leader in the manufacturing of advanced composite materials, including carbon fiber, woven reinforcements, resins, prepregs, honeycombs and additive manufactured parts. We invite you to join the Hexcel team at various manufacturing sites, sales offices and R&D centers around the globe.
Responsibilities
- Provide operations with a short term MPS consistent with customer demand, capacity, and performance.
- Translate long term plan into short term production schedule by developing short term MPS monthly for a rolling 3-month period.
- Work with network of schedulers to develop short term MPS.
- Monitor the end-to-end Critical Path Schedule (CPS) of all customer orders in a vertically integrated organization.
- Determine and commit to the best possible lead time while maximizing inventory velocity; at a minimum, meet contractual lead time.
- Identify potential for improving overall lead time and propose and follow up action plans.
- Identify deviations against MPS and evaluate the risk to customer satisfaction and activate follow up with suppliers to satisfy lead time commitments.
- Identify the need for, propose and organize re-allocation between suppliers.
- Follow up international transport of semi-finished goods between facilities.
- Monitor end-to-end inventory levels, propose and follow up action plans to achieve inventory targets.
- Regulate inventory levels for raw materials, intermediate and finished goods, in accordance with safety stocks policy, by launching adapted production orders.
Qualifications
- APICS or equivalent certification or prepared to work towards it.
- Experience Scheduling and Inventory Control in a vertically integrated environment.
- Sound knowledge of Supply Chain processes and procedures: scheduling, demand, and replenishment processes (Make to Order & Make to Stock).
- Understanding of the financial aspects of the business and methods of cost control.
- Must be driven, enthusiastic, autonomous, and self‑motivated with strong problem‑solving and analytical skills.
- Must be an effective communicator with people at all levels of the business.
- Ability to handle multiple, competing priorities in a matrix organization.
- Strong negotiation skills, ability to influence at all levels and activate key players.
- Proficiency in Office: expert in Excel and Access.
- Experience using MRP / ERP systems, especially Advanced Scheduling Systems, preferably including D365.
- Eligible to work in the country where the position is based.
