Supply Chain Planning & Scheduling Consultant at Implementation Engineers in Central Toronto (North Toronto West), ON

Job description

• Manufacturing Transformation | 20+ Week Consulting Engagement
• Location: Central Ontario, Canada
• Start Date: September 14
• Schedule: Onsite Monday–Friday
• Duration: 20+ weeks
• Canadian citizenship is required due to client security and site-access requirements
• Implementation Engineers is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Planning & Scheduling Consultant to join our project team for a manufacturing transformation engagement at a Canadian aerospace and defense manufacturing site.
• This opportunity is designed for a seasoned consulting professional who is comfortable entering a complex client environment, quickly diagnosing underlying problems, designing practical solutions and working alongside the client team through implementation.
• This is not a traditional planning position or an advisory-only assignment. We need someone who can determine why the planning system is creating instability -- not simply operate the existing process.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose current material-planning, MRP and production-scheduling processes
• Determine whether problems originate in the system, master data, planning processes or execution
• Evaluate BOM structures, lead times, lot sizes, safety stock, order policies and planning parameters
• Analyze planned orders, production orders, shortages, exception messages and planner actions
• Improve production-order planning and release practices
• Develop practical planning horizons, time fences, frozen periods and scheduling rules
• Align material availability with production schedules
• Incorporate realistic work-center capacity and constraints
• Reduce schedule churn, expediting, shortages and excess WIP
• Design future-state planning processes, standard work, KPIs and management routines
• Work directly with planners, schedulers, supervisors, procurement and operations leadership
• Communicate findings, recommendations and implementation progress to senior client leaders

Requirements

• Significant hands-on manufacturing planning and scheduling experience
• Deep understanding of MRP, master scheduling, multi-level BOMs, dependent demand, production orders and capacity planning
• Experience in complex discrete manufacturing, ideally aerospace, defense, industrial equipment, automotive, electronics or engineered products
• Demonstrated ability to redesign and implement planning processes -- not simply recommend improvements
• Experience working directly with manufacturing planners and shop-floor teams
• Strong analytical capabilities using ERP data, Excel, Power BI or similar tools
• Excellent facilitation, communication and executive-presentation skills
• Ability to challenge legacy practices constructively and build client ownership of the solution
• Canadian citizenship is required due to client security and site-access requirements
• Ability to work onsite in Central Ontario Monday through Friday
• Availability beginning September 14
• Ability to commit to the full 20+ week engagement
• Approved travel expenses and meals are reimbursed
• Infor LN experience is preferred, particularly within Enterprise Planning, Order Planning, Job Shop Control, production BOMs, routings, work centers and capacity.
• Candidates with deep hands-on planning experience in SAP, Oracle, IFS, Epicor or another sophisticated discrete-manufacturing ERP are also encouraged to apply.

Skills

Preferred

• Infor LN experience