This position also needs to explore PO lead time reduction opportunities through vendor PO handling process analysis; The Production Planning Specialist needs to be pro-actively seeking and identifying vendor / items opportunities including the manufacturing process improvement and supply chain optimization.

Job Responsibilities:

Production Planning

• Systematically manage projects through effective process. Keep consistence and make prioritization in daily work.
• Proactively conduct regular communications. Work with sourcing teams and educate vendors to build up production planning knowledge. Leverage and make effective use of resources.
• Take initiatives to early involve in high-risky programs identified. Professionally manage the capacity risk followed by flawless execution.
• Help vendors leverage Lowe’s tools to optimize production planning and secure on-time delivery

Capacity Improvement

• Capable of seeking and identifying opportunities. Take initiatives to guide sourcing team to drive projects. Take lead of launch accordingly.
• Work with sourcing teams to conduct Lowe’s demand and selected vendor factory capacity gap analysis to identify the areas which have improvement opportunity
• Validate vendor improvement plan implementation progress and communicate with sourcing teams
• Help vendors leverage Lowe’s tools to optimize capacity/inventory planning and secure on-time delivery
• Production/warehouse capacity improvement

Production Efficiency Improvement

• Align with sourcing teams to coach selected vendor factories production efficiency improvement for related manufacturing cost reduction
• Evaluate vendor partner’s PO lead time processes and explore the improvement opportunity to reduce the shipment lead-time and execute it with secured on-time performance.
• Verify item dimension on-site and identify container loading/unloading efficiency improvement opportunities.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, industry engineering or another related major
• 3+ years related experience in industry engineering or factory operations
• Good knowledge of manufacturing process, raw material experience and product cost analysis
• Board understanding on product development, sourcing, quality management, logistic related process
• Effective/good communication skills to collaborate with both SHO and VNO team
• Independent work & self-management capability
• Strong problem solving, related project management skills
• Good statistics, quantitative and analytical skill, Excel or Access competency to do basic analysis work
• Oral communication skill in Chinese is preferred, written communication skills in English.
• LEAN/Kaizen methodology/tools are preferred
• Quality assurance knowledge on ISO9001 is preferred