Master Planning Ceramic

1. Job Purpose
-Own the Master Planning process for all customer orders by developing and controlling the Master Planning Timeline from order confirmation through shipment.
-Drive cross-functional execution to ensure every planning milestone is completed according to the committed timeline.
-Lead planning reviews, identify risks, coordinate recovery actions, and escalate critical issues to ensure on-time customer delivery.
-Improve planning visibility, execution discipline, and cross-functional collaboration to achieve business objectives
2. Key Responsibilities
2.1 Master Planning Ownership
-Review customer forecasts, sales orders, shipment priorities, and customer revisions.
-Develop, maintain, and own the Master Planning Timeline for every customer order.
-Define planning milestones, responsible functions, and target completion dates throughout the order lifecycle.
-Prioritize customer orders based on business priorities, production capability, and delivery commitments. Ensure the Master Planning Timeline is communicated and understood by all related functions.
2.2 Planning Control & Cross-functional Leadership
-Own and control the execution of the Master Planning Timeline across all functions.
-Lead regular planning review meetings to review progress, validate milestone completion, and align recovery actions.
-Require all responsible departments to provide progress updates, completion commitments, and recovery plans according to the agreed timeline.
-Drive all functions to complete their assigned planning milestones on schedule.
-Challenge delays, remove planning obstacles, and coordinate corrective actions to recover the overall project schedule.
-Escalate unresolved planning issues and delivery risks to management when customer commitments are at risk. Ensure accountability from all stakeholders throughout the planning execution process.
2.3 Planning Risk Management
-Identify planning risks at every stage of the order lifecycle.
-Evaluate the impact of planning risks on production schedules and customer delivery commitments.
-Develop and coordinate recovery scenarios with relevant departments.
-Monitor execution of recovery plans and verify their effectiveness.
-Provide early warning and planning risk visibility to management for timely decision-making.
2.4 Planning Visibility, Reporting & Continuous Improvement
-Maintain complete visibility of planning status for all customer orders.
-Ensure planning reports, dashboards, risk status, and milestone progress are accurate and updated on time.
-Prepare planning performance reports for management review.
-Analyze planning performance and identify improvement opportunities.
-Lead planning process improvements and support ERP/MRP enhancements to improve planning efficiency and execution control.
2.5 Team Leadership
-Lead, coach, and develop the Master Planning team.
-Assign priorities, monitor team performance, and ensure workload balance.
-Build a culture of planning discipline, accountability, and proactive communication.
-Promote knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team