Value Stream Planner

**Location**:
Cartago, Costa Rica, CR

**Job Family**: Manufacturing

**Country/Region**: Costa Rica

We are looking for Value Stream Production Planning to adjust and evaluate progress and resolve conflicts with respect to material and online availability/capacity. Responsible for flagging 4 weeks of coverage for manning, shifts, and raw material-proposing solutions (extra shifts). Support Site Master Planner and Material Planner when needed.

You will report to the Head of Operations Coloplast Costa Rica Volume Manufacturing Site, Cartago.

Tasks & responsibilities

Responsible of creating an efficient detailed production schedule for each machine with 1 month horizon, taking in account:
Materials availability

Capacity per machine

Manning plan

Priorities

Maintenance and calibrations

Responsible to lead a daily revision of completions vs targets and agree with Supervisor and Value Stream Manager on necessary actions to take to make sure the production plan is completed according to committed plan

Communicating the production plan through scheduled meetings with production teammates

Responsible for maintaining master data to run E1 and OMP properly

Participate on the daily production gembas

Participate and provide status and actions at the weekly game plan

Direct liaison between Supply Chain and Production at an operational level

Responsible for communicating to either Supply Chain or Production on relevant changes affecting one or more machines

Responsible to provide insights to production on required output levels and its impact to manning of each machine

Daily monitoring of the production process, initiate measures necessary for fulfilling orders, delivery times and logistics to achieve the objectives

Participation in projects of Supply Chain and Production area (Launch, CR, transfer, lean, etc.)

Inventory of the production area

A proposal for any matters relating to the planning processes to improve efficiency.

Performing their job in compliance with the guidelines given

Drawing attention to the manager to any difficulties in understanding or following the guidelines

Drawing attention to the inefficiency of the system

Take responsibility for those safety aspects identified for the given position

**Qualifications**:
Industrial Engineer or similar

Proficient english level

Minimum of 1 year in planning or production related positions

Must have manufacturing environment related experience

Experience in medical devices company is a plus

Why Coloplast?

Coloplast develops products and services that make life easier for people with personal and private medical conditions. Working closely with the people who use our products, we create solutions that are sensitive to their special needs. We call this Intimate Healthcare.

**We are guided by three values**:
**Closeness**: we work closely with our customers to find solutions that meet their specific needs.

**Passion**: we work passionately to create new and innovative products that improve the quality of life for our customers.

**Respect and responsibility**: we have deep respect for the private nature of the condition our customers face. Therefore, it’s our responsibility to find not only medical solutions, but also ways to minimize the trauma and taboo associated with these conditions.

Our business includes Ostomy Care, Continence Care, Urology Care, and Wound and Skin Care.

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 14.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward - we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

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