**Location**:
Cartago, Costa Rica, CR
**Job Family**: Manufacturing
**Country/Region**: Costa Rica
Our Value Stream Planners execute the value stream production planning, adjust and evaluate progress and resolve conflicts with respect to material and online availability/capacity. Responsible for flagging 4 weeks coverage for manning, shifts, raw material-proposing solutions (extra shifts). Support Site Master Planner and Material Planner when needed.
**Major Areas of Accountability**:
Direct liaison between Supply Chain and Production at an operational level
Daily monitoring of the production process, initiate measures necessary for fulfilling orders, delivery times and logistics to achieve the objectives. Inventory of the production area
Responsible of creating an efficient detailed production schedule for each machine with 1 month horizon, taking in account: Materials availability, Capacity per machine, Workforce plan, Priorities, Maintenance and Calibrations.
Responsible for leading a daily revision of completions vs targets and agree with Supervisor and Value Stream Manager on necessary actions to take to make sure the production plan is completed according to committed plan.
Communicating the production plan through scheduled meetings with production teammates
Responsible to maintain master data to properly run E1 and OMP
Responsible to communicate to either Supply Chain or Production on relevant changes affecting one or more machines.
Responsible for providing insights to production on required output levels and its impact to manning of each machine.
Participate on the daily production gambas.
Participate and provide status and actions at the weekly game plan.
Participate in projects of Supply Chain and Production area (Launch, CR, transfer, lean, etc.)
A proposal for any matters relating to the planning processes to improve efficiency.
Performing their job in compliance with the guidelines given
Drawing attention to the manager to any difficulties in understanding or following the guidelines and / or inefficiency of the systems
Take responsibility for those safety aspects identified for the given position
**Essential Qualifications**:
Bachelor University Degree in Industrial Engineer or similar
Minimum 3-5 years of experience in production planning or related positions within a manufacturing/medical devices company.
Advance knowledge in Microsoft Office, intermediate-advance excel habilities/knowledge is a must.
Proficient in English level, minimum B2.
Green/Black Belt or Lean certifications are a plus.
**Required Skills and Abilities**:
Analytical mindset - Proactive attitude - Leadership skills - Attention to detail - Effective and Acertive Communication - Continuous improvement mindset - Strong Time Management skills - Solid team work abilities but destacable working as individual contributor with minimum supervision
Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward - we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.
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