Industrialization Planning Lead

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers – amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility – our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Major responsibilities

• Take a process leadership role to ensure the methods used by the Industrialization Planning team meet needs and conform to other RA processes (i.e. CPD)
• Manage their INDZ Planners’ development, including goal setting using PADR’s, 70-20-10, and the Suitability Model, and 1:1’s
• Monitor progress to our goals, including inventory to AOP, project schedules, service levels, risk mitigation plans.
• Meet with PMO representatives and BU representatives monthly to manage/understand PLM Supply Chain project priorities and workload across the sub-departments.
• Responsible for CPD milestone go/no-go review ensuring Components, Finished Goods, and Demand Planning is in place to support successful AFC and transfer to MPS. Raise issues to manager for final MS4 approval resolution.
• Hold monthly team meetings with INDZ Planners in their segment to review project status and ensure compliance with established processes, and identifying improvement opportunities to PLM Supply Chain processes.
• Monitor and update metrics for projects in their segment on monthly basis to ensure progress to targeted dates and goals.
• Manage project workload across INDZ Planners in their segment and identify bottlenecks and constraints.
• Help segment work responsibilities ensuring role complexity is appropriate for the position.
• Manage plausibility reports associated with master data owned by INDZ Planning – Follow up with INDZ planners for resolution.
• Support onboarding of new INDZ Planning resources.
• Be a first point of escalation for project issues within the team.
• Work with the Industrialization Planning Manager to ensure department project teams are following the appropriate global PLM processes for NPR, Series change, and PDNs.
• Display courage in dealing with the complexities of people management – criticizes constructively when needed, praise team members publicly and frequently, and handle difficult conversations when undesirable performance or behavior is discovered.
• By identifying possible effects of change for Rockwell Automation and own job and adjusting and working with others to implement changes.
• Take accountability for commitments and deadlines.
• Oversee continuous development and performance; provide and ask for performance feedback.
• Develop and energize people through direct management of your team by sharing ideas and mentoring. Communicate RA’s vision, values and goals.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Operations/Manufacturing Engineering/Supply Chain or equivalent.
• One to two years’ experience in Production and Inventory Control, Operations, Purchasing, or Manufacturing Engineering and 1 year working as an Industrialization Planner or equivalent experience in the product lifecycle processes.
• Experience in material control/production planning environment.
• Project management.
• Collaborate across multiple disciplines.
• Independent problem resolution, necessary to be throughout the company and levels, and the ability to manage the requirement of others not directly supervised.
• Global business proficiency and understanding.
• Advanced manufacturing systems planning knowledge – SAP system requirements
• APICS Certification.
• Advanced manufacturing systems planning knowledge – SAP system requirements.
• Scheduling experience in, job shop or flow manufacturing environment.

Travel

You may have limited travel to U.S. and international Rockwell Automation locations.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other role.

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