Your Role
A team management role where you will be leading a team of 3 launch planners looking after key important new launches across APMEA region. Process understanding, gap identification, and process improvement along with the normal launch management will be the real scope of work.
Integrated Launch starts from design-stage and extends till delivery to customer. It is cross-functional company-wide process that links Product Line, R&D, Purchasing, INDOPs – Inbound, Logistics, SCM – Demand planning and Customer Service. The Launch Planning Manager is the individual who has the ultimate accountability and responsibility for all the "defined" activities related to Supply Chain in launch planning process of all the products of our three consumer experience "TASTE", "CARE" & "Well Being"; defining launch's success or failure.
Main Concept is to align all relevant parties (Marketing, Product Line, R&D, Purchasing, Suppliers, Operations, Logisticsetc.) to deliver products of the right values at the right time to our customers. Key success measure is to have "On Time Launch" along with reduced "Time to Market".

A Typical Day

Follow and improve the launch planning process for upcoming projects.
Support to Project Manager as Supply chain representative, participating into Electrolux Project Management checkpoint process.
Coordinate with relevant functions to ensure fulfilment of Supply chain-related exit criteria of every checkpoint (CP).
Follows the process of Base models (in agreement with LCM), frozen BOM & Release of RPOs with all relevant parties (R&D, Purch., PL, Material planning & Project Mng/R&D) to ensure long LT components availability.
Ramp up plan definition (volume / sequence) and follow-up based on LCM prioritization.
Coordination with Factory Supply chain manager for production Ramp-up planning. If bottlenecks in given period//week emerge on PNC launch capacity, drive prioritization of activities.
Responsible for planning & executing Phase In and Phase out plan by working along with the country supply chain & Product line teams.
Ensure Demand plan availability on time and in line with business plans/Cat team expectation, linking to Sales operation team and coordinate with LCM to get Cluster PL acting on the issue.
Check that Base model (w/factory on phase in meeting) homologation process is in line with ramp up requirements.
Consider implications on Phased-out PNCs to avoid obsolescence or out-of-stocks based on phase-out plan developed by LCM.
Collaborate and coordinate for timely material code creation & readiness by working along with the MDM team.
Check major issues on PNC level (Tracking Models, RPO, BOM, demandetc.) and contact relevant functions to close issues and Lead corrective actions to eliminate Launch failure Root-causes.
Align with project manager on need to change RDD or prolongation of old PNC to compensate for later launches considering implications and avoiding obsolescence or out-of-stocks.
Participate in all necessary meetings/ follow ups, including weekly factory Phase in meeting