Production Planner

Production Planner

Arconic (NYSE: ARNC) creates breakthrough products that shape industries. Working in close partnership with our customers, we solve complex engineering challenges to transform the way we fly, drive, build and power. Through the ingenuity of our people and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques, we deliver these products at a quality and efficiency that ensure customer success.

Arconic Aluminum Extrusion serves the global aerospace and automotive markets with the most specialized engineering, highest quality, and the greatest breadth and depth of forgings and extrusions. Our vertically integrated capabilities and deep materials science expertise in aluminum and titanium structural casting is taking the industry to new heights. AEX is a business unit of Arconic.

Arconic is seeking a Production Planner to join our Aluminum Extrusion (AEX) business unit in Lafayette, IN.

Profile: The primary purpose of this role is to provide the best sequence of all production jobs so that the Aerospace process flow remains optimized in support of achieving a delivery promise performance of a 95% or better.

Essential Functions: The Production Planner within AEX requires technical and interpersonal skills essential to team work.  Major duties include but are not limited to: 

• Responsibility for load coordination for all Aerospace customer order needs, both truck and rail.
• Managing priorities balancing several on-going tasks simultaneously and interfacing between Extrusion Operations, Press Operations, Ingot, Transportation, and Sales.
• Taking any necessary steps to assure that all employment practices are conducted in a non-discriminatory way and without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin, age, or physical disability.
• Recognizing that accidental prevention is of greater importance than any other aspect of his/her position and accepts the responsibility to work safely and promote safety consciousness among fellow employees.

General duties for the Production Planner include but are not limited to: 

• Sequence and track all Oracle Jobs for mill production.
• Evaluate each job in ensure they are properly sized and sequenced for downstream production flow loading; practices are correct and properly routed before releasing jobs to production.
• Work in concert with Operations to sequence jobs into the production line ups that optimize customer critical needs and promise performance task dates.
• Manage job completion and ensure customer needs are properly satisfied.
• Own the load list and ensure alignment of the mill to the transportation schedule.
• Provide necessary status for Supply Chain and Production management.
• Create shortage, trial and sample jobs as needed.
• Apply finished goods overage and salvage from production overage to reduce costs.
• Process change orders to job tickets.
• Support the Planning Department in various other tasks to improve our overall performance.
• Provide accurate input to financial forecasts.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in Planning and/or Production Scheduling
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. Green Card Holder), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Associates or Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution 
• Ability to multi-task
• Understanding and use of Oracle, Discoverer or other planning database
• Comprehensive understanding of Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel. 
• Ability to create pivot tables, V-lookups and basic formulas
• Ability to learn production flows and apply reasoning and deduction to draw conclusions regarding delivery 
• Ability to be self-directed, make decisions, clearly communicate, and direct others
• Ability to remain calm in the face of multiple pressures and demands
• Close attention to detail

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