What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Planner position at Zobility?
Responsibilities:
- Maintain a culture of safety, quality and compliance as a top priority
- Leverage exceptional written and verbal communication skills, in partnership with the Program Managers to ensure effective internal and customer communication on manufacturing plans and operational performance.
- Drive rapid closure to issues as they arise, including quality, supply and operational excellence issues
- Partner with site operations to develop strong inventory strategies and production schedules based on demand, lead time, capacity constraints, inventory targets and materials availability
- Accelerate proactive efforts to get in front of future risk to operational performance
- Facilitate burndown of SRI (Supplier Request for Information) and FAI (First Article Inspection)
- Support LTB or material substitution activities to ensure component availability.
- Provide inputs into the SIOP process
- Support the Product Line Teams in driving rate readiness assessments, identifying gaps, and driving action plans to maintain production capacity (labor, equipment, tooling) in alignment with the long and short-term demand.
Requirements:
- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
- Experience in Quality, Operations or Supply Management including new product introduction
Preferred:
- Experience with SI&OP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) processes.
- Customer relationship management skills, with working experience resolving operational challenges.
- Experience in application of continuous improvement tools.
Education:
- Bachelors