OEM Capacity Planner

Company Profile

Lennox International has been built on a heritage of integrity and innovation dating back to 1895. We are dedicated to providing trusted brands, innovative products and unsurpassed quality with responsive service. We are a Fortune 500 company and a world leader in residential and commercial heating, cooling, ventilation and refrigeration systems. We have started our operations in India in Chennai in 2010. Lennox India Technology Centre is a R&D Centre with Mechanical Analysis, Embedded – Software, Hardware and IT divisions. Our companies are spread across U.S, Europe, Asia Pacific and Australia.

Job Description

As a OEM Capacity Planner, you will manage supply and production capacity at the factories for OEM repair parts to support customer service and inventory objectives. You will react to rolled up distribution demand, production, backlog, inventory and capacity, identify supply risks, and recommend actions to maintain alignment between factory output and business requirements.

•Own short- and medium-term production and capacity planning for assigned OEM repair parts and factory portfolios.•Review production plans, actuals, backlog, open purchase orders, inbound supply, inventory and distribution demand to identify gaps and priorities.•Evaluate capacity versus demand at the factory, production-line and resource level and recommend production increases, decreases or timing changes.•Maintain PSI and production monitoring views to evaluate projected stock, production performance, shortages and changes versus prior plans.•Monitor APO alerts, stockouts, uncovered requirements and other planning exceptions; resolve issues or escalate risks requiring cross-functional action.•Partner with factories and suppliers to address production shortfalls, aging backlog, capacity constraints, supplier limitations and recovery plans.•Review production SKU mix and scheduling priorities to support customer requirements, lead times and appropriate inventory levels.•Identify excess, aging and constrained inventory and recommend actions to improve inventory health and reduce Days of Supply risk.•Validate distribution demand and investigate abnormal demand or system signals that may impact production requirements and projected inventory.•Use SAP ECC, APO, IBP, Qlik, HighJump and Microsoft Excel to analyze supply, demand, inventory and production data and support planning decisions.•Clearly communicate production changes, inventory risk, supply constraints, priorities and recommended corrective actions to factories and leadership.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR•Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering or a related field.•Minimum 3-7 years of supply, production, capacity, materials or inventory planning experience.•Experience independently managing supply, inventory, production or capacity planning decisions.•Experience in a manufacturing, OEM, service parts or complex distribution environment preferred.•Hands-on experience with SAP ECC, APO, IBP or another advanced planning system.•Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills and ability to analyze large datasets.•Strong knowledge of capacity planning, inventory, backlog, stockouts and supply recovery.•Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and organizational skills.•Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume planning environment.•Must be able to work 5 days work from Office at Chennai.•Flexible to work in 3-12PM IST shift.