Production Planner

5+ Month Contract with possible Extension

Holland MI - Onsite- 5 days

Note :

Onsite interview- production planning supervisor and planner.

SAP
- Gui

Excel- formulas

2-3 years of experience

Team dynamic- 1 other planner, part a team of 26.

Performs all functions needed to ensure constraint optimization and availability to manufactured materials for assigned manufacturing site to support order fulfillment. Manages inventory levels and allocation of manufactured materials according to customer demands and company objectives.

• Plans and schedules fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operation activities for assigned plant to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Manages work center alerts and takes corrective action to resolve both immediate and potential shortages of supply; reschedules backlog. Proactively communicates customer service impact to stakeholders.
• Regularly reviews and understands work center and plant capacity requirements to ensure customer demands can be met.
• Uses labor forecasts to create production schedules.
• Manages in‑transit and interplant orders to assume timely delivery of materials.
• Develops and schedules workflow for each department and operations according to pre‑established manufacturing sequences and lead times to produce executable schedule.
• Manages and applies multiple scheduling calendars for resource availability, utilizing
• Applies basic replenishment methods and planning models (i.e., Make to Stock [MTS] and safety stock) in fully integrated system environment to ensure effective delivery to customer.
• Initiates actions to prevent occurrence of nonconformance relating to product, process, and systems to ensure perfect execution.
• Participates in lean initiatives and conducts process reviews of current and future state to remove waste from process.
• Utilizes personal computer (PC) and keyboard/mouse while performing functions of position. Frequently exposed to production/manufacturing environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Management or Logistics or equivalent (equivalent is defined as equivalent degree OR job‑specific work experience OR combination of education and job‑specific work experience; two years job specific work experience equals one year of formal education –
  
  NOTE:
  
  job‑specific work experience used for education equivalency cannot also be used for work experience qualification).

• Three years’ experience in production planning and control, product modeling, or inventory and warehouse management.
• Experience in electronics, automotive, or furniture manufacturing environment preferred.