Spares Planning Specialist Job in Aliso Viejo 92651, California US
Spares Planning Specialist
Building on its heritage of more than 65 years, Alcon, the global leader in eye care, is the second largest division of the Novartis Group with combined pro-forma sales of more than USD 9.4 billion in 2010. The division was formed by Novartis on April 8, 2011, following the closing of the merger between Alcon and Novartis. The new Alcon Division combines the product portfolios, commercialization capabilities, RD and talent of Alcon, CIBA VISION and Novartis Ophthalmics. Today, Alcon has more than 22,000 employees with headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. Alcon's three businesses - Surgical, Pharmaceutical and Vision Care - meet the diverse needs of eye care professionals and patients offering the widest spectrum of eye care products with operations in 75 countries and products available in 180 markets. For more information, visit www.alcon.com .
Job Summary:
Position will be primarily responsible for Global Spares Demand Planning/Forecasting at Alcon LenSx Laser. This position will coordinate day to day activity of planning the spare parts requirements to support field service. Implements and monitors tooling forecasts, RMA returns/disposition, and rework of parts within MRP and confirms data is driving correctly. Ensures QAD inventory transactions are completed for work order issuance, work order closure, MO/SO processing, and any inventory transfers. This position will maintain a working knowledge of all warehouse duties which include receiving, inventory control, shipping duties, and all production planning functions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Analyses the daily and weekly shipments of spare parts to field to develop an accurate forecast for replenishment.
- Interfaces with the RMA Manager to build and stock field service tooling assemblies, RMA rework parts, and any spare parts that require special handling, i.e. programming of hard drives.
- Interfaces with the QC RMA Specialist to expedite/assist the RMA processing function.
- Interfaces with the Service Op's team to ensure RMA parts are returned on a timely basis.
- Performs materials expediting activities to the RMA manufacturing floor accurately.
- Implements and maintains MRP production plan and coordinates changes to demand with departments affected.
- Performs inventory level checks to ensure RMA manufacturing point-of-use materials are sufficiently stocked.
- Performs all duties required to assist in processing work orders for components and sub assemblies in QAD.
- Implement production schedule changes into MRP using released procedures and guidelines.
- Ensures Kanban bins are moving through the cycle in an expeditious manner, reports on any out of cycle requirements to production and materials management (Production Control Activities).
- Review closed work orders to determine root cause of variances to ensure corrective actions are implemented to reduce work order variances.
- Ensures item master is set up properly to drive material requirements effectively working with purchasing and manufacturing.
- Expedites materials and items through receiving, incoming quality inspection, to the manufacturing floor, storage areas or requestors of material.
- Fills requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, or other stock items and distributes items to production workers or assembly line.
- Maintains MRP to ensure materials requirements are driving to an approved forecast/material plan.
- Prepares material shortage reports and works with buyers to ensure supply and manages changes to production plan.
- Works to reduce lead-time's, coordinates movement of material from RMA, MRB, RTS or RWK locations in a timely manner working with quality, engineering and purchasing.
- Performs Cycle Counting activities and all necessary reports to support this activity, Pareto Analysis on errors, percentage of accuracy, including physical inventories as required by company.
- Ensures back flushing activities are performed routinely and timely.
- Maintains a working knowledge and specific ERP system process development in the areas of material management.
- Works with Purchasing and Manufacturing to complete ECO implementation, phase in phase out activities.
- Collaborates with the production planners, as needed, to ensure business objectives are maintained
Qualification Requirements:
- B.S. degree (or equivalent of 8 to 10 years related exp.) and APICS CPIM certification required.
- Five years related experience and / or training in materials, forecasting, and planning in medical device industry.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Inventory software and Manufacturing software.
- Advanced in Microsoft Excel and Word
- QAD MRP experience, Cebos/Agile or electronic Doc Control System, SAP preferred
Our generous benefits package includes the Novartis Investment Savings 401(k) Plan which provides a company contribution of up to 6%. In addition, after one year of service, employees are eligible for the Alcon Retirement Plan (ARP), to which Alcon contributes 6% of eligible pay. By combining the Company's contributions to the 401(k) and ARP, employees can receive up to 12% of eligible pay from Alcon towards retirement. Alcon also offers a premier level of coverage for medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, an on-site fitness center and much more. Consider having all this in a fast paced environment within a stable world-class organization.
