Arista Networks - Assistant Planning Manager

About the job:

Company Description:

- Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments.

- Arista is a well-established and profitable company with over $5 billion in revenue.

- Arista's award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds up to 800G bits per second, redefine scalability, agility, and resilience.

- Arista is a founding member of the Ultra Ethernet consortium.

- We have shipped over 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system.

- Arista is committed to open standards, and its products are available worldwide directly and through partners.

- At Arista, we value the diversity of thought and perspectives each employee brings.

- We believe fostering an inclusive environment where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome is essential for driving creativity and innovation.

- Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as the Great Place to Work Survey for Best Engineering Team and Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance.

- At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest quality and performance standards in everything we do.

Job Description:

Who You'll Work With:

- Collaborate closely with CM's planning staff to align production schedules, material flow, and safety stocks to meet business forecasts.

- Partner with teams across the DF region to evaluate delivery performance and address any shipment or delivery issues.

- Coordinate with Product Management, the Asia Ops Planning Manager, and internal support teams to ensure customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

- Engage with third-party warehouses and logistic teams for inventory control and on-time delivery.

- Liaise with management, customers, and distribution facilities (DF) to provide updates, manage product returns, and resolve escalated issues efficiently.

What You'll Do?

- Manage CM's planning staff to ensure scheduling of material flow to meet production schedules and requirements and end customer requirements.

- Create and maintain a master schedule with CM that supports business forecast, including safety stocks.

- Analyze demand requirements to identify production and supply bottlenecks and recommend actions for resolution.

- Directs CM's production planning to ensure on time availability of products to fill customer orders and on time shipments.

- Coordinate with DF region to evaluates and recommends actions to improve on time delivery performance to the customer.

- Responds to DF, Asia Ops Planning Manager and Product Management issues.

- Makes sure each operation meets shipping dates according to customer orders (On Time Delivery).

- Familiar with Shipping and Logistic issue and knowledge.

- Coordinating product returns (RMAs) and process return to DF or HQ.

- Manage 3rd party warehouse Inventory accuracy and FIFO.

- Coordinate QBRs.

- Oversee production planning and management activities within the organization.

- Determine production requirements based on plant capacity and production specifications.

- Plan work flow and schedules for production departments.

- Monitor production status and ensure timely delivery.

- Identify delays and accordingly adjust schedules to meet deadlines.

- Assist in production risk assessment and mitigation activities.

- Notify customers/DFs/Management on any delays and outages.

- Provide excellent internal support and ensure with DF and work with them for customer satisfaction.

- Evaluate current production processes and recommend improvements.

- Assist in new product development and enhancements.

- Conduct daily meetings to keep track of production schedules.

- Ensure that finished products meet quality standards and customer specifications.

- Resolve production issues and escalate unresolved issues to management promptly.

Qualifications:

- Preferably Minimum of five (6) years & Up of hands on scheduling in a complex manufacturing and assembly environment with meaningful scale in the related field is required for this position OR in Manufacturing/Production Operations or equivalent.

- Strong demonstrated critical thinking and logic skills with proven track record of success in a complex production and assembly environment.

- Excellent and proven project leadership and team participation skills.

Required skill(s): production planning, control and management, Process Improvement.

- Proven experience working in a supervisory role in the industry preferred

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Sharp production focus with a drive for accurate results.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Exceptional negotiation and conflict resolution attributes.

- Able to travel as required to meet with CM as necessary to ensure timely project development.

- Infrequently to US/ Mexico/Europe to meet contractor manufacturer

- Flexible to working hours as required to meet project deadlines.

- Sound knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) and related software.

EDUCATION:

- Bachelor's/Master's degree in supply chain management, business management, or related field is preferred.

Additional Information:

- Arista stands out as an engineering-centric company.

- Our leadership, including founders and engineering managers, are all engineers who understand sound software engineering principles and the importance of doing things right.

- We hire globally into our diverse team.

- At Arista, engineers have complete ownership of their projects.

- Our management structure is flat and streamlined, and software engineering is led by those who understand it best.

- We prioritize the development and utilization of test automation tools.

- Our engineers have access to every part of the company, providing opportunities to work across various domains.

- Arista is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with development offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, and the US.

- We consider all our R&D centers equal in stature.

- Join us to shape the future of networking and be part of a culture that values invention, quality, respect, and fun.