Specialist, Production Planning

The Role: 

The ideal candidate will have an eye for continuous improvement opportunities and a knack for problem solving.  You will thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment as you work hand-in-hand with Operations, Supply Network Planning, and Business Management teams to ensure supply strategies are aligned with business goals and objectives.  Come ‘roll your sleeves up’ and make a difference as you play a key role to help us achieve Operational Excellence! 

Responsibilities: 

• Coordinate daily production order reviews 

• Monitor production processes to ensure that execution and completion is occurring as planned 

• Identify material and resource constraints and coordinate and expedite resolution with responsible parties 

• Monitor and communicate capacity constraints to manufacturing 

• Rearrange workload within the framework of customer requirements and work center capacity to resolve constraints when applicable 

• Review MRP messages daily for assigned products and generate work orders to satisfy demand and reschedules as necessary to present the correct requirements to manufacturing and procurement 

• Ensure on-time delivery of customer orders by monitoring and updating work order schedules for validity, accuracy. 

• Ensure customer service is informed of any on-time shipment delays, including an explanation for the customer. 

• Review and maintain critical Master Data elements that pertain to Scheduling including safety stock levels and minimum work order quantities where necessary  

• Review and maintain work center data for assigned areas of responsibility 

• Review and respond to all Engineered Change Requests and Quality Notifications activity for assigned product lines 

• Assemble work order job packets to support manufacturing 

• Collaborate across functional areas to ensure data integrity in SAP 

• Complete miscellaneous tasks as assigned in support of the larger organization and production goals 

• Analyze reports, measurements, and external benchmarks to identify opportunities for continuous improvement in manufacturing areas 

• Work to understand root cause and corrective actions for process failures relating to scheduling, planning and execution 

• Adhere to company policies, procedures, and ethics codes 

Traits we believe make a strong candidate: 

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred, but candidates with relevant experience alongside a High School Diploma or Associate’s Degree will also be considered 

• Strong analytical capabilities and ability to organize large data sets, analyze trends and make recommendations 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 

• Ability to stay organized in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful, environment 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. 

• SAP PP module and work center experience and route planning knowledge is strongly preferred 

• Experience in working in an ISO 9001/14001/45001 environment a plus; 

• Candidate must have the capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.