Master Production Scheduler / Master Planner
Planning team at Northvolt Systems Poland is opening a new position of Master Production Scheduler located in Gdańsk.
Our Planning Team located in Gdańsk is responsible for cooperation with Sales and Operations Planning team in Sweden and translating clients’ demands into master production schedules.
As Master production scheduler you will be responsible for creating MPS according to S&OP data, monitoring its execution, analyzing delays and interruptions, and accordingly adjusting the schedule to meet deadlines. As the role is new in our organization, you will have an opportunity to design the process, create procedures and instructions, as well as identify gaps and drive solutions.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Creating a rolling Master Production Plan for designated lines/products
- Coordinating production workflow for one or multiple products
- Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay
- Review sales forecast and suggest modifications consistent with knowledge of current or historical demand.
- Support the S&OP process meetings to review service levels, performance against schedule, inventory strategy, supply plan to meet demand, and resource implications. Update the Master Production Plan as necessary
- Maintain finished goods inventory at target levels to ensure high service levels, i.e. product availability
- Develop inventory targets and manage production to achieve targeted inventory levels
- Ensure coordination with plant schedulers to execute the Production Plan
- Monitor actual output versus the Master Production Plan
- Communicate production status to Managers and Customers on a regular basis
Work with great people
Skills & Requirements
Requirements:
- Bachelor's or master’s degree in supply chain management, business management, or related field
- Minimum of 3 years of previous planning experience
- Minimum of 2 years creating the Master production schedules experience
- Knowledge of Supply Chain, Production, and Planning processes
- Accurate and can handle significant amounts of data
- Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
- Excellent time management skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Highly developed attention to detail
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent problem-solving skills
Specific skills:
- Good knowledge of MS Office Excel
- Good knowledge of ERP D365 Dynamics system
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Sound knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP)
- Experience in Power BI/Power Query
- Experience in APS (Advance planning and Scheduling system
Personal success factors (Consider Bold – Passionate – Excellent)
- Highly organized and result-driven
- Has a can-do attitude and entrepreneurial spirit
- Passionate & purpose driven
- Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently
- Ability to work in a high profile and often high-pressured international environment
- Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humor
Great Place to Work
World leading technique
Top specialists as team peers
International environment
About the company
Northvolt is a European supplier of sustainable, high-quality battery cells and systems. Founded in 2016 to enable the European transition to a decarbonized future, Northvolt has made swift progress on its mission to deliver the world’s greenest lithium-ion battery with a minimal CO2 footprint and the highest ambitions for recycling. Among Northvolt industrial partners and customers are ABB, BMW Group, Scania, Siemens, Vattenfall, Vestas and the Volkswagen Group.
Northvolt Ett is a next generation battery cell factory focused on process innovation, scale and vertical integration. Once completed, the gigafactory will be one of the largest battery cell factory in Europe and produce at least 32 GWh of capacity annually.
Alongside Northvolt Ett, Northvolt is also establishing a manufacturing site for battery systems in Gdansk, Poland. This facility, Northvolt Battery Systems Jeden, will industrialize and produce world leading battery systems in order to meet the increased demand for complete battery solutions on the European market. The factory is a highly automated, state-of-the-art production facility for battery modules and energy storage solutions.
We are currently in an exciting fast-growing phase and operate in a dynamic environment, dealing with a wide range of stakeholders. We are staffing our international office in Stockholm, our R&D facility, Northvolt Labs in Västerås, as well as Northvolt Battery Systems Jeden, in Gdansk, for production of battery systems. We are also preparing for upcoming positions at the main factory, Northvolt Ett, in Skellefteå.
We want to work with experienced manufacturing experts as well as talented and purpose driven people from all kinds of disciplines to make this happen. Those of us already on board share a bold streak and a passion for our mission. We are prepared to work hard in pursuit of excellence. We enjoy the ride and our main drive is to make a real difference. We are a team dedicated to thinking new, working hard and having fun. Join us today!
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