REC Group – Planning Engineer

Founded in Norway in 1996, REC Group is an international pioneering solar energy company with a strong footprint in North America, Europe and Asia. We are part of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), a Fortune Global 500 company that shares our passion for bold innovations that empower people with clean energy solutions and drive global energy transitions. A trusted partner for customers, consumers and employees, we are “Solar’s most trusted”!

We are looking for a highly motivated and energetic team player to be part of our global Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process. The candidate will need to understand the entire supply chain and manufacturing processes within REC, and constantly seek ways to keep forecast accuracy >90%. The candidate must be comfortable with presentations and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Generate daily production plan using inputs from Supply plan and customer fulfilment plan on Microsoft Excel.
• Collaborate with Operations team on identifying and resolving real-time constraints.
• Work closely with Demand Planning team to ensure 100% customer fulfilment.
• Coordinate with and align cross-functional stakeholders on weekly priorities and resolve conflict of priorities (if any).
• Monitor and drive weekly production forecast accuracy to >90%.
• Frequent presentations to various groups of stakeholders and management.
• Key team player in providing insights on new product introduction (NPI) and end-of-life (EOL) product planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree/ Master’s in Computer Science, Data Science and Analytics, Industrial and Systems Engineering or related field of study
• Prior experience in solar industry would be an advantage
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)