The New Product Planner is responsible for the introduction of new products and the qualification of new process flow within deadline given by project management plan or customer requests.
Key areas of responsibilities:
Managing division needs in terms of engineering & samples production
Ensure ramp up of products by securing the transition phase between pre-production to production
Focusing on the business forecast objectives and on the deliveries schedule requested by sales for their customer to secure future business
Management of the backlog in the system
Anticipates tactical changes for things that may affect products, locations and future manufacturing configurations.
Ensure confirmed delivery dates (minimizing late deliveries)
Minimize the overall inventory levels for the product portfolio that is managed. Planner challenges priorities and cycle time in
Ensure capacity loading in such a way as to meet the strategic requirements of the division (preferred utilization of fabs, processes, testers, customer qualifications etc)
Allocate the short-term commercial product availabilities related to urgent customer requests
Ensure a pro-active PDCA cycle for his/her product portfolio which is related to the business KPIs and the planning process
