Capacity Planning Manager at Pilkington North America, Inc. in Northwood, Ohio

Job Description:

The NSG Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of glass and glazing products for the architectural, automotive, and technical glass sectors. Here you can feel confident that your work will make a difference throughout the globe. Being a world leader in glass, we impact millions of people’s view of the world each and every day. At our core, we value embracing challenges, respecting others and unleashing their potential.

Join us on our mission to change our surroundings and improve our world.

Purpose:

The demand and capacity manager will be directly responsible for understanding, reviewing, analyzing, and communicating information related to the near to long term capacity for all operations within the region. This position will also be involved with preparing and monitoring working capital as it relates to capacity. The position manages various activities including capacity planning, and integration of new business for both short-term (18 mo) and long-term planning (5 year).

As with each role with the Company, everyone is responsible to ensure a safe and clean working environment.  

Essential Functions:

• Collaborate with the OE Commercial Director and Manufacturing Directors to develop a mid- term plan related to OE customer demand.


• Develop a capacity utilization tool/simulation to improve demand and planning accuracy and move toward better machine and labor efficiency for all AA plants for current state through 5 years out


• Prepare and lead quarterly capacity utilization meetings focusing on 3-5 years in the future and highlighting any potential capacity constraints or inefficiencies and make part move recommendations as needed and with awareness of our long-term market strategy.


• Manage monthly S&OP (Fabrication) and quarterly S&OP (AA) meetings and monitor the demand plan performance throughout the month.


• Coordinate, communicate, and manage midterm activities with the Material Group Leaders and Plant Managers related to capacity planning and S&OP.


• Lead and Manage the EOP meetings to coordinate between commercial, procurement, packaging, and production supply plants the meet customer demands and the end of part life with lead times and component planning


• Maintain the long-term planning schedule to support new business.


• Run analysis for all business cases to coordinate the production allocation for new or transferred parts maintaining the long-term planning schedule to support new business


• Maintain all plant routings, part assignments and KPI data in planning systems (Quintiq) along with assistance from Material Group Leaders.


• Measure, control, and improve S&OP plan accuracy.


• Participate in kick off meetings for new parts and provide detailed capacity information to quote team. Establish separate and regular review process with quote team to discuss capacity.


• Further develop tool to generate scenario-based capacity analysis for review upon request


• Develop parameters to define working capital forecasting and budgeting aligned with capacity loading


• Develop process of escalation for significant changes in capacity because of forecast changes, production performance, and/or inventory changes


• Manage all customer portal capacity information requests in conjunction with commercial.


• Adherence to NSG/Pilkington Standards of Business Conduct and its Values and Principles


• Other duties as assigned by manager

Scope/Dimensions:

•  Interacts with executive leadership team regularly


•  Manages capacity and long-range plan for the entire region

Top 3 Competencies Needed for Success in the Role:

• Passion for Excellence – takes personal responsibility and ownership for achieving results and objectives


• Innovation and Change – open to change and actively interested in new developments, technology, and emerging market trends


• Influential – simply conveys information and ideas to others, builds report and makes a positive and credible impact

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years specific industry/functional experience


• Demonstrated proficiency with Excel, advanced charting, and visual representations.


• Excellent analytical skills


• Excellent customer relations and communication skills (verbal and written)
  

Qualifications Desired:

• Experience with SAP


• Experience with quality management systems

We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package, which includes 401k, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, company paid holidays, paid vacations, and education assistance

NSG Group/Pilkington is an equal opportunity employer; M/F/D/V encouraged to apply.  Qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin.  Applicants have the option to confidentially self-identify or not self-identify when applying.

Skills

Preferred

• Influential


• Innovation & Change


• Passion for Excellence

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