Jabil
PlanningSupervisor
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“Planning Supervisor at Jabil. Skills: planning activities, Master Production Schedule, capacity planning. Manage all planning activities. Mentor Production Planners”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure 100% on-time delivery; Achieve and maintain 95% MPS goal
Industry & Context.
Ability to solve practical problems; Ability to interpret a variety of instructions
Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations, Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
HS Diploma or equivalent required, Bachelor’s degree required, Advanced PC skills, Ability to read and interpret documents, Ability to write routine reports and correspondence, Ability to speak effectively before groups, Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs, Ability to solve practical problems, Ability to interpret a variety of instructions, 8 years in Planning Activities, 5 years as Master Planner
Nice to Have
APICS certification, Supervisor experience
What You'll Do.
Manage all planning activities
Mentor Production Planners
Ensure 100% on-time delivery
Establish build readiness
Maintain efficiency of capacity
Maintain accurate revenue forecasting
Maintain material control
Develop Master Production Schedule
Reconcile MPS to customer PO coverage
Ensure MPS is accurate
Achieve and maintain 95% MPS goal
Own production planning
Analyze material and capacity requirements
Communicate constraints to Workcell
Maintain workcell’s capacity planning
Drive resolution on uneven capacity utilization
Meet daily with Workcell
Assess production schedules
Optimize run quantities
Maintain customers’ latest contract
Be familiar with contract terms
Be the workcell’s “expert”
Support Production Planner goal
Lead Workcell on BOM creation
Lead Workcell on routings creation
Manage Jabil purge process
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
cross-functional coordination; vendor/stakeholder management; Communicate constraints to Workcell; Meet daily with the Workcell; Meet daily with manufacturing team; support the Production Planner goal; Lead the Workcell on the creation of Bills of Material (BOMs); Lead the Workcell on routings
Communication Scope
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
Process & Methodology
production scheduling
Full Job Description
At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe. SUMMARY Manage all planning activities for the dedicated assigned workcell and mentor the Production Planners and Document Coordinators in the workcell. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Ensure 100% on-time delivery. • Establish build readiness. • Maintain efficiency of capacity and customer sizing. • Maintain accurate revenue forecasting. • Maintain material control and liability. • Develop Master Production Schedule (MPS) and load into Jabil’s ERP system, including Purchase Order (PO) coverage. • Reconcile the MPS to customer PO coverage weekly to ensure that Jabil is not exposed over and above customer PO coverage or other authorized customer demand. • Ensure the MPS is always 100% accurate and achievable. • Achieve and maintain 95% MPS goal. • Own production planning, BOM and document control with or without additional support. • Analyze material and capacity requirements and communicate constraints to the Workcell and customer based on accurate customer demand. • Maintain the workcell’s capacity planning model; drive resolution on uneven capacity utilization that keeps Jabil focused on the customer but efficiently utilizing manufacturing resources. • Meet daily with the Workcell and manufacturing team to assess production schedules, (adjust as necessary based on production results) optimize run quantities, and minimize changeovers to help achieve 100% on time delivery. • Maintain the customers’ latest contract on file
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