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The Head of Supply Planning ensures timely and efficient finished product supply to L-Acoustics customers. This position reports to the Global Supply planning director within the Supply Chain organization of L-Acoustics. 

The Head of Supply Planning primarily owns the operational (0-3 months) and tactical (3-18 months) supply planning activities like master planning, scheduling, and capacity planning for group entities. The position sets the direction for, synchronizes, and oversees the supply planning activities of L-Acoustics group sites across the globe and strategic suppliers in collaboration with the respective supply planning teams of these sites. 

The Head of Supply Planning is accountable for ensuring industry-leading service and finished product inventory results of L-Acoustics. 

Contribution and Deliverables: 

As the Head of Supply Planning at L-Acoustics, you will, 

Within the operational horizon, 

• Develop master production plans based on business needs driven by the S&OP process, ensuring that products are available to meet customer orders. 
• Identify and proactively address supply bottlenecks and disruptions to minimize production delays. 
• Act as the key contributor to the supply availability process with a mandate to debottleneck the process and reduce the need for manual supply allocation. 
• Ensure synchronization and drive clarity for the supply planning activities across group sites. 
• Guide component planning, supply chain operations, and sales coordination to work in full synchronization with supply plans. 
• Own the planning for custom and make-to-order items. 
• Define, own, and monitor service, cost, and cash-related KPIs. 

Within the tactical horizon, 

• Lead the product segmentation process to classify product portfolios to simplify planning activities. 
• Lead the operating strategy process to uncover and document operational constraints and lead times that need to be considered.  
• Contribute to the process of prioritizing, reducing, or eliminating operating constraints. 
• Lead the rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) process for main sites with a mandate to establish a global RCCP process across group sites. 
• Act as a contributor to the RCCP process for warehousing, logistics, and key suppliers. 
• Contribute to cost control and reduction strategies, optimizing production costs while maintaining product quality. 
• Own the process for avoiding and eliminating non-performing inventory. 
• Contribute to the annual budget process and the monthly S&OP process. 
• Work in harmony with the supply planning business expert to drive data-driven decision-making and adoption of modern supply chain tools & processes. 

Within the strategic horizon, 

• Contribute to the planning activities of new production sites, new distribution centers, new markets, new products, new customers, and new business verticals. 
• Lead the capability-building plan, define roles and responsibilities, and own functional onboarding plans of the related organization. 

Join our passionate and dedicated teams who are shaping the future of sound!