Planning Analyst

Production Planning Analyst

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3

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This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

As a Production Planning Analyst
, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Planning and scheduling of production work centers, monitoring work center output to meet customer requirements and improve work center operational efficiency
• Strong written or oral communication with Production Planning, Lean Value Stream, and Operations Team members, along with active participation in the Tier process
• Working closely with the business to understand customer requirements and forecasts; working closely with the manufacturing team, value stream leadership, and Supply Planners to determine how best to prioritize and resolve supply constraints and balance service, inventory, and cost to meet business targets
• Parameter Management: optimizing and maintaining production lot sizes, production cycles and safety stocks to deliver the desired balance between inventory and service
• Managing capacity including identifying, resolving, and escalating production constraints; managing assigned working and non‑working inventories to maintain compliance and achieve inventory investment targets
• Executing the production planning standard work utilizing supply chain tools, IT systems, and processes; providing a high degree of planning analysis to support data‑driven decision making
• Identifying, leading, and participating in Continuous Improvement projects that improve customer service, inventory investment, flow, and supply chain efficiency

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Supply Chain, Operations Management, and/or Business Analytics from an accredited institution
• ASCM (APICS) CPIM certification is preferred. If not completed at the time this position is assumed, the certification will become part of the employee professional development plan as agreed between management and the employee.
• Two (2) years combined experience in supply chain, planning, logistics, and/or manufacturing in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Experience with SAP ERP Software
• 3M systems experience (Factory Planner, PMCS/IMES, Peoplesoft)
• Experience in Production Planning
• Knowledge of Supply Planning (SP), Demand Planning (DP), and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes
• Strong data mining, data analysis, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills
• Advanced Microsoft Suite experience
• Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, and self‑motivation skills
• Experience working on cross‑functional teams.
• Experience utilizing Lean and Six Sigma / Continuous Improvement methodologies.

• Cottage Grove, MN.

May include up to 5% domestic/international.

May be authorized.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws. The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to…