Supply Chain Planning Process Manager

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Manage the Industrial planning performance, optimizing the end-to-end Supply Chain in terms of service level, cost and cash to support Alstom growth
• Drive the Industrial Planning strategy & process design and the associated governance to ensure:
  • Deployment of standards (including tools) at region / site level
  • Continuous maturity improvement
  • Successful implementation of transformation initiatives
• Ensure strong cascading processes between customer and internal site to avoid need volatility and disturbances on supplier site

Key accountabilities:

• Define Industrial Planning process strategy and design with “as is” and “to be” process mapping, integrated in the end-to-end Global Supply Chain process covering Tactical and Operational layers (SIOP & MPS)
• Contribute to Integrated planning Target Operating Model
• Manage Industrial Planning process performance with systematic monthly review of root causes & analysis with follow up of region owned action plan. Ensure key Industrial Planning KPI positive trend (Production performance, Manufacturing throughput, Planning volatility)
• Define associated roadmap of transformation and continuous improvement initiatives per region, manage key global initiatives and mobilization deployment
• Support forecasting and planning simulation ensuring cash optimization as part of the budget and F1 process.
• Ensure Industrial Planning processes standards & golden rules are well documented (inc associated tools) and shared and that they are clearly understood and applied
• Reinforce and animate Industrial Planning community at site / region / global level  (updates on process changes, exchange of best practices, skill development plan / site, specific training deployment, workbook for newcomers induction)
• Benchmark other companies for planning tool and process watch identify and apply new way of working or improvement
• Lead new tool change: tender & tool selection, tool development and deployment

Key Job Authorities and Dimensions:

• Supply Chain planning for all manufacturing sites / cross product line synchronization

Performance measurements:

• Production performance / Manufacturing Throughput / function cost

 MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Educational Requirements:

Mandatory:

• Graduated from university or engineering school (Master’s degree)

Desirable:

• APICS certification is a +

Experience:

Mandatory:

• Experience in supply chain and in planning (10 years)
• Knowledgeable of E2E vision for Industrial Planning process and process impact in ERP for procurement and manufacturing

Desirable:

• Basics of finance (focus on HI and cash impact)

Competencies & Skills:

Technical:

• Good knowledge of planning tool architecture MPS tool (RS Site) or GSI (Compo, Signaling)
• Good knowledge of processes contributing to tactical and Operational planning (industrial métiers, Project, engineering)
• E2E Supply Chain knowledge
• Operational Industrial planning experience > 5 years (Planning tool experience or APS are a +),
• Global Supply Chain experience, Project Planning experience, Multi-sites planning experience appreciated 
• ERP SAP experience should be a +
• Languages: English fluent, French appreciated

Behavioral:

• Team spirit, able to work in an international environment
• Able to train and train the trainer
• Good Communication and collaborative skills
• Transverse leadership and abiility to animate remotely (no hierarchic link)
• Innovative, pro-active and positive
• Customer oriented
• change management
• Travel ability to support sites more or less 25%