Senior Production Planner (m/w/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Job Summary
Job Description
The Senior Production Planner at Tesla's Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg will be responsible for developing and managing the production schedule, aligning with various departments (Demand Planning, Order Admin, Supply Chain Planning, Production Planning) to optimize production efficiency and meet sales targets. This role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in data analysis tools, and experience managing change within a manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include building production plans using Theory of Constraints and optimization techniques, managing plan changes, coordinating new vehicle introductions, and reporting on factory status and performance. The ideal candidate will possess a degree in Engineering or equivalent experience and excellent communication skills in English and German.
Must have:
- Degree in Engineering or equivalent
- 2-5 years relevant experience
- Strong analytical capabilities
- Proficiency in MS Excel & Tableau
- Excellent communication (English & German)
Good to have:
- Experience managing change through a factory
- Experience with ERP and production management systems
- Data visualization skills (Tableau)
5 skills required
Job Details
What to ExpectWhat You’ll Bring
The Senior Production Scheduler will work closely with Demand Planning, Order Admin, Supply Chain Planning and Production Planning to ensure Tesla’s production plans are effectively setup to enable the factory to be successful. The Master scheduler will be responsible for developing the production schedule, communicating it out to the organization and managing all plan changes. The ideal candidate will appreciate an environment where superior work is encouraged, noticed and rewarded.
What You’ll Do- Align with Sales & Demand planning on the sales & deliverable build requirements that drive the plan.
- Align with the Industrial Engineers assigned to each shop to understand shop constraints and incorporate these into the scheduling algorithm.
- Align with Supply Chain Planning to understand supply constraints (capacity / mix limitations, logistics issues) and, similarly, incorporate these into the scheduling algorithm.
- Build the plan using Theory of Constraints & Optimization techniques to ensure that the following objectives are achieved: build mix is achieved each week, plan is structured so shops can run as efficiently as possible (e.g. paint is able to batch paint colors), critical supply chain constraints are accounted for (supplier capability issues & logistics costs, i.e. expediting) so that the lowest cost build plan is achieved
- Lead the cross-functional change management process when issues occur inside the frozen window (0-48 hours).
- Build the model / run the analysis to identify the most effective solution for the factory (minimizes costs / maximizes revenue opportunity) given the issue (such as): urgent sales change requests (demand re-balancing, delivery schedule changes)
- Production (equipment breakdown) or supply chain (material shortage) issues
- Coordinate the introduction of new vehicle variants into the production system
- Attend program launch meetings to understand impacts of new variants to the production and ensure that the launch timing solves given other factory priorities
- Represent operations in the development of the Option code framework
- Participate in the daily factory operational review to understand and maintain the health of material flow through the factory.
- Own reporting on factory status & performance (weekly, monthly & quarterly) out to production management & key partners / stakeholders in the organization.
- Pull data from the ERP & the production management systems (MOS, AMP, SCADA, Andon) to understand status.
- Use data visualization tools such as Tableau to generate the status reports.
- Support operational report out to the weekly Executive Sales & Operational Planning meeting.
- Define the business requirements & generate the use cases to drive software development
- Utilize the Jira system to communicate these requirements & coordinate with factory software on which sprint a given capability
- Degree in Engineering or equivalent in experience.
- 2-5 years related experience in materials management, production planning, material scheduling, or purchasing in a manufacturing company is required.
- Strong analytical capabilities - including data analysis to optimize plans relative to different constraint factors (equipment capacity, staffing plans, material availability) is required.
- Proficiency in analytical and reporting tools (MS Excel, Tableau) is strongly desired.
- Experience managing change thru a factory (i.e. New Product Introductions)
- Able to work well under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines.
- Strong communication skills (written & verbal) in the English and German languages
- Organization skills with meticulous attention to detail
- Strong sense of ownership & Positive attitude
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