Industrial Planning at Alstom

THE PURPOSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL PLANNER SUPPLY CHAIN ROLE IS TO:

• Manage the adequacy between Demand (Firm & Forecast) and Resources (Manufacturing & Procurement) to reach customers QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) and projects timescales while optimising site resources (people, machines & cash).

THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE:

Key accountabilities:

• Apply Industrial Planning Golden rules.
• Apply EHS (Environment Health Safety) rules (Alstom Zero Deviation Plan) when moving in workshops
• Manage demand (firm & forecast) in the Core Planning Tools and/or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
• Capture the Demand
• Consolidate and analyze the demand forecast SIOP (Sales & Operations Plan) demand plan
• Check the consistency and completeness of the demand forecast and put in place corrective actions when needed
• For firm demand, validate the adequacy between the need expressed by the project team and the product lead-time communicated to the build partner (through MPS demand.)
• Collaborate with Materials planners in ensuring accurate master data maintenance.
• Drive material buffer at warehouse according to Alstom Stock policy and manage missing parts.
• Contribute to planning instances & monthly reporting
• Collaborate to the monthly SIOP:
• Build the industrial planning for opportunities in coherency with inputs from the project team and the build partner.
• Perform operations workload versus workforce analysis and analyze bottlenecks (site capacity)
• Provide output to central SIOP team for global consolidation
• Participate to the SIOP cycle by doing the appropriate simulations and propose feasible scenario to support decisions to be taken (with internal and/or external solution)
• Ensure that SIOP instance decisions are reflected into MPS and/or Material Delivery Plan and cascade through the organization with appropriate communication to internal / external departments.
• Support the all stakeholders in production volumes analysis / consolidation
• Report the Work In Progress (WIP) and Finished goods (FG) for Hard Inventory (HI) consolidation in time
• Report the Manufacturing Throughput and Production Performance KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) in time
• Ensure that all KPIs are calculated according to the standard rules
• Document all disturbances and downtime daily
• Build and update the Master Production Schedule (Firm Demand only)
• Build the daily production plan considered availability of Material, Man, Machine, method (4M approach)
• Get the commitment on the hypothesis taken from all stakeholders
• Resource Management:
• Calculate manufacturing and testing workload inside the Planning Tool / Excel 
• Identify the quantity of resources (not nominatively) needed per workstation
• Share results for monthly meeting
• Bottleneck analysis:
• Identify the bottlenecks as well as all other possible risks on the production plan
• Alert Industrial Planning manager of the projects involved each time maximum capacity is reached
• Propose scenario to secure and/or recover production plan (internal and/or external solution)
• Daily monitoring:
• Monitor production plan adherence
• Analyze the root causes of delay of the production plan (using 5-Why method) and their impact
• Participate to alignment meeting with industrial teams (Manufacturing / Testing / Supply Chain)
• Contribute to escalation process in case of non-adherence
• Update industrial planning into the Planning Tool / Excel each time there is a change validated by all stakeholders
• Update weekly the actual dates and communicate internally on the production plan status (tables, graphs, …)
• Prepare and participate to site planning instances / meetings
• In case of an event (strike, pandemic, supplier crisis, etc.):
• Evaluate impact by doing simulation to be validated in the appropriate instance
• After decision is taken, update industrial planning into the Planning Tool / Excel

THE PREFERRED CANDIDATE WILL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: 

• Minimum of a Supply Chain/Operations (or related) Diploma
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in Supply Chain, with minimum 3 years in the planning function
• Hands on working experience in an Industrial environment
• Knowledgeable of End-to-End vision for Industrial Planning process and process impact in Excel for procurement and manufacturing
• Advance working experience in Excel/ PowerPoint
• Virtual working experience
• Working knowledge ERP (i.e. SAP)
• Railway industry knowledge advantageous
• Must be able to work day shift and night shift when required

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES

• Agile mindset
• Responsible mindset
• Inclusive mindset
• Fluent in English
• Valid driver’s license
• Team player
• Advanced computer literacy
• Innovative, pro-active and positive
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Willing to travel between sites if required
• Customer oriented
• Sense of urgency and autonomous