BPO Production Planning BU Americas

The BPO Production Planning, BU America serves as the business owner for production planning processes across the APS and SAP S/4HANA landscape. This role bridges Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Information Technology to drive planning excellence, operational performance, and system adoption. The position is responsible for improving end-to-end planning processes, supporting APS implementation and optimization, and ensuring planning decisions deliver measurable business results in customer service, inventory, capacity utilization, productivity, and schedule reliability. Essential Duties/Responsibilities: Business Process Ownership • Own and continuously improve end-to-end production planning processes across APS and SAP S/4HANA environments. • Establish and maintain planning standards, governance, workflows, and business rules. • Drive process consistency while accommodating legitimate operational requirements across manufacturing sites. Planning Systems & Optimization • Support deployment, stabilization, and continuous enhancement of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions. • Partner with business and IT teams to define requirements, testing strategies, integrations, and process improvements. • Ensure planning systems accurately reflect manufacturing constraints, capacities, resources, and business priorities. Operational Excellence • Analyze planning performance and identify opportunities to improve service levels, inventory performance, production schedules, and resource utilization. • Lead root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions to address recurring planning issues. • Reduce manual processes, improve data quality, and increase planning efficiency. Analytics & Decision Support • Develop and maintain planning metrics, reports, and dashboards to support operational decision-making. • Monitor key performance indicators including schedule attainment, inventory levels, material availability, capacity utilization, lead times, and planning stability. • Translate data insights into actionable recommendations for business leaders. Change Management & Training • Develop user documentation, process guides, and training materials. • Provide training and coaching to planners, schedulers, and business users. • Drive system adoption and continuous improvement through effective stakeholder engagement. Project Leadership • Lead or participate in production planning, SAP S/4HANA, APS, and operational improvement initiatives. • Coordinate activities across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, IT, and external implementation partners. • Manage project deliverables, risks, actions, and business readiness activities. • Other duties as assigned. Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. • Minimum 7 years of experience in production planning, supply chain management, and business process ownership within a manufacturing environment. • Strong knowledge of production planning, MRP, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory management, and manufacturing operations. • Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA production planning or related supply chain processes. • Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into process improvements and system solutions. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills. • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and business intelligence/reporting tools. • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience implementing or supporting Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions. • Experience integrating planning applications with SAP S/4HANA. • Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations. • Knowledge of Power BI, Power Query, or similar analytics platforms. • Lean, Six Sigma, APICS/ASCM CPIM, CSCP, or SAP certifications. Physical Requirements & Work Environment: • Ability to travel as needed to support manufacturing facilities, project implementations, and operational initiatives up to 15%. • This is a remote position that requires periodic travel to manufacturing facilities and exposure to production-area conditions. Safety & Quality: • Follow all Georg Fischer safety, environmental, and quality standards, policies, and procedures. • Promote a culture of safety, continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence. • Support GF's commitment to sustainability, compliance, and employee well-being. Salary Range: $80,000 - $140,000 Per Year + Bonus   Please submit your application via the ‘Apply’ button.