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Edwards Lifesciences Senior Planner in Moncada, Spain
We recently announced plans to expand in Spain by building a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Moncada, Valencia. When it becomes operational in 2026, the plant will manufacture Edwards' surgical and transcatheter heart valve replacement technologies and will join a global network of more than 16,000 talented team members and five other production plants. Our new facility in Moncada will welcome up to 1,500 dedicated team members by 2029 across manufacturing, engineering, and several other professional career paths. Hiring for professional positions has started and will continue through the winter and early spring, with specialized training for manufacturing hires beginning in the fall of 2025. Plan the procurement of the material required to support Customer Demand and New Product introduction, and develop and execute the business unit production schedule.
How you will make an impact:
Develop and schedule the Manufacturing Production Plan from the Master Production Schedule requirements with increased complexity and volume and with higher level of autonomy. Development includes the following:
Manage issues preventing execution of the MPS and production plan. Issues include but are not limited to non-conforming materials or processes, material or equipment availability, completing unplanned requirements
Analyze resource availability, develop short and mid-range capacity plans with manufacturing teams, and lead teams to ensure plans are met
Generate work orders using systems
Manage work order progress, including working with production and other supporting departments (e.g., quality, microbiology, engineering) to ensure production plans are met
Provide ship schedule to Supply Chain/Demand team
Establish and maintain gross inventory targets with a limited scope. Includes developing action plans to minimize inventory exposure and for scrapping or mitigating excess and obsolete parts based on business information, and assess inventory management
Develop and identify cost reduction process improvements
What you will need (Required):
Bachelor's Degree and 5 years experience
Experience in production control and logistics
Fluent in Spanish & English
What else we look for (Preferred):
Experience working in a medical device and/or regulated industry
Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite
Experience ERP (e.g. JDE)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills
Good problem-solving and critical thinking skills, strong analytical and statistical skills
Solid knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and inventory management programs (e.g., JIT/Kanban, Min/Max)
Solid knowledge of market and economic indicators, practices and procurement procedures
Strict attention to detail
Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels
Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment and act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
Must be able to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams, representing the organization on specific projects, and vendors/suppliers
Participates in determining objectives of assignment; plans schedules and arranges own activities in accomplishing objectives
Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control