Monday, January 31, 2011

[KITlist-Tech] Senior Planner (San Jose, CA)

Please direct your responses to: http://www.harmonicinc.com/au_ca_positions30.cfm

About Harmonic Inc.
Harmonic is a leading provider of video delivery solutions to broadcast, cable, satellite, Internet, mobile and telco video service providers worldwide. With more than twenty years of experience, a track record of pioneering ground-breaking technologies, and an outstanding portfolio of high performance, IP-based solutions, Harmonic is enabling innovative, converged video services that can be consumed at anytime, and viewed on virtually any device.

Job: 1373 - Senior Planner

Job Description:
The incumbent will be the backup to the Manager of Planning and Logistics

Experience in:

1) Product Line Planning:
- Factory (inside or outside) detail SO job scheduling, or PO release generation, per backlog, or Operations Plan demand, over multiple Orgs.
- Interface with Factory Management on capacity planning, and job scheduling per backlog demand, and SO commits
- Sales order commit date assignment, tracking
- Sales Operations interface, communication on schedule date changes
- Purchasing or Program Mgt. interface to assure shortages, or new product demand is placed, and expedited.
- Operations Plan creation or assist monthly. for assigned products
- E&O reporting monthly early warnings, formal reserve recommendations input, quarterly
- ATP/Weekly production table, shortage list, negative ATP reports weekly generation, follow up.
- EC approvals, implementation, cost impact analysis for assigned products
- Responsible for MRP demand loading and adjustment, per Operations Plan.
- Creates and monitors independent demand and historical usage, to support Factory or Service RMA requirements

2) Inventory management:
- Responsible for all facets of assigned Factory or work cell inventory management, cycle count integrity. Manage Factory PI's as necessary.
- Excess WIP inventory management, reduction initiatives
- BOM attribute management, maintenance, routings.
- MRB, NCR processing, other WIP inventory transactions as needed.
- Recommends, maintains safety stock, or min/max replenishment on key products. Recommends on MOQ's.

3) Supplier Interface/Purchasing:
- Initiate, generate PO releases for either ATO or fixed BOM configuration.
- Follow up with site Program Mgt. to ensure receipt, execution to promise date.
- Shortage or allocation monitoring, resolution,
- Supplier capacity monitoring to meet demand requirements, escalation if warranted, in cases of over consumption or inability to meet Sales expedite requests
- Resolve issues with demand changes.
- Interface with Program Mgt.(local and site) on pricing questions, AP issue resolution.
- KANBAN level monitoring, input to adjustments as necessary, for items in demand pull programs.

Required Job Skills:
- Ability to challenge and facilitate forecast requirements with cross functional marketing and financial groups
- Ability to build inventory prediction models, drive initiatives that generate inventory velocity to established goals
- Ability to communicate with senior management regarding supply constraints, order promising, product transitions, E& O, LTB decisions with accuracy and confidence.
- Have an aptitude for process and tools in order to continuously to improve efficiency of execution
- People skills to manage or lead cross functional teams
- Expert Excel user, Oracle 11i, Database mgt., report writer software (Access, Discoverer) Agile

Years of Direct Experience Required:
- 7 to 10 yrs.

Areas of Direct Experience:
- Sr. level Planner/Buyer or Master Scheduler, with Mgt. experience, in medium volume, high mix electronics manufacturing

Educational Requirements:
- BA/BS/MS in Business, Material Science, Industrial Engineering, or Technology
- APICS Certification

Please apply directly at: http://www.harmonic inc.com/au_ ca_positions30.cfm
Click on Job ID # 1373 - Senior Planner


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