Production Planner

Overview

Chem-Trend, a company of the Freudenberg Group, is a global leader in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialized release agents, purging compounds, paper impregnation chemicals, and other process chemical specialties and additives, with manufacturing and R&D operations in North and South America, Europe, India, and Asia that are supported by its headquarters in Michigan, USA. Chem-Trend has a singular focus of providing innovative solutions for the die casting, polyurethane, rubber, composites, tire, thermoplastic, wood composite, and paper impregnation industries.

• Health Insurance:
  Rely on comprehensive services whenever you need it.
• Education Reimbursement:
  Receive financial aid to help propel your career to the next level.
• Diversity & Inclusion:
  We focus on providing an inclusive environment and recognize our diversity contributes to our success.
• Vacation:
  We offer time off to refresh and recharge.
• 401K Match:
  Save for retirement with the company s help.

Howell, MI

On-Site

This position collaborates with sales, purchasing, production, and warehouse personnel to ensure appropriate scheduling, procurement and movement of material to meet customer demands. Utilize relevant planning tools, maintain system planning parameters and master data in relevant systems. Provide reports and analysis to support decision making as well as attainment of organizational goals for service and inventory level KPI’s.

• Coordinating production workflow for multiple products. Assist in raw material and base transfers, between warehouses.
• Align with Production and Purchasing to determine manpower, equipment, and raw materials to cover production demand.
• Identify exceptions to the production plan (labor, equipment, and raw material shortages) in advance and coordinate with all other functions to manage these exceptions.
• Aid in the minimization of old or obsolete inventory for both finished goods and raw materials by reviewing sales and usage to identify items that are no longer being used/ sold/ sampled.
• Analyze incoming customer orders to make certain production plan is up to date.
• Develop, in combination with the Supply Chain Manager and Demand Planner, a method for populating future demand within ERP or APS, for full visibility within our supply chain.
• Make demand adjustments in the planning software to align with changes in customer demand.

• High School Diploma and a minimum 3-5 years business experience with a knowledge of Inventory Control and Manufacturing practices.
• A college-level course requiring general computer and Microsoft experience.
• MRP knowledge is a must.
• Lean-Sigma experience preferred but not mandatory.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.