Production Planner

Position

Production Planner II (Grade
9)

Borg Warner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle market. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work, and amazing technology in a unique environment. At Borg Warner we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy-efficient world.

We believe the health and safety of our employees are a top priority. We care about our local communities and the global environment. Borg Warner promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration.

All positions start at an above market pay rate for that position. Benefits are also above market and include the below for all fulltime employees:

• Day 1 Medical Coverage with potential of no monthly premium
• Onsite Health Clinic for employees and dependents (age 14 and over) at no cost
• Dental, Vision, Life, AD&DD, and Disability Coverage
• Tuition Reimbursement Program after 18 months
• Retirement Savings Plan (401k) with a matching program
• Company paid holidays and vacation starting Day 1

The Borg Warner Arden campus offers two world class technical centers and a cutting-edge manufacturing facility that designs and produces turbos, fan, and fan drive components for the automotive industry. The Arden campus offers a multitude of career opportunities and is in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina.

The Production Planner plays a crucial role within the plant, balancing production capacity, inventory levels, and customer delivery schedules to ensure that production planning processes run smoothly and efficiently.

• Create and maintain production schedules to meet customer demands on time while considering manufacturing efficiency, customer priorities, capacity constraints, upstream material flow, planned downtime, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), and other internal customer demands.
• Ensure meticulous management of all aspects of production planning with keen attention to detail.
  • Collaborate with customer service to fulfill customer EDI requirements and respond to changes to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Adapt to changing environments with flexibility and responsiveness to pivot.
  • Monitor downtime calendar and incorporate it into the production plan to manage interruptions effectively while ensuring on-time delivery.
  • Populate and update the Clear to Build file with missing parts and follow up with appropriate individuals to obtain necessary information to support the production plan.

• Use SAP to assess production capacity, and dispatch orders to meet production targets without overloading the work center.
• Ensure on-time delivery of finished goods, and WIP by managing production schedules and addressing any delays.
• Make data-centric recommendations for overtime scheduling or propose alternatives in the event of delays.
• Identify and work with manufacturing engineering and team leads to resolve issues with routings to optimize production efficiency and capacity utilization.

• Manage production orders daily. Convert and release production orders to achieve customer on time delivery.
• Create transfer orders for materials to support released production orders.
• Escalate order priorities from customer service, denote in shop floor production plan (CM07), communicate with internal and external warehouse team members, and other stakeholders as appropriate to ensure alignment.
• Manage PPAP, and Pre-Production (New Product Launch) orders.

• Manage inventory levels to ensure that finished goods and work-in-process materials are at optimum levels and available when needed, while minimizing excess inventory.
• Identify and drive operational improvements, cost reduction initiatives, and process flow changes to benefit inventory reductions.
• Coordinate with Inventory Control regarding suspect or known inventory discrepancies affecting…