Production Planning Analyst

Hallmark Cards, Inc. believes that when you care enough, you can change the world. The Hallmark Lawrence Greetings Production Center is located in Lawrence, KS and opened in 1958. The facility is 650,000 square feet and is one of two primary U.S. manufacturing facilities supporting Hallmark Cards, Inc. It specializes in producing and packaging all of Hallmark's domestically produced greeting cards and about 98% of all envelopes for Hallmark North America.

The Lawrence Greetings Production Center employs more than 800 people.

A Production Planning Analyst will perform analytical support to aid in the creation and delivery of an accurate, capacity-feasible, time-phased production plan for an assigned internal manufacturing facility.

• Strong working knowledge of critical master data elements and their direct impact on the plan.
• Become the expert for locally relevant master data.
• Highly proficient in SAP Advanced Planning Optimization (APO) and Enterprise Core Component (ECC).
• Responsible for planning pre-mate, one-up materials and unconstrained work centers not requiring advanced planning tools.
• Good understanding of Hallmark operations and supply chain.

• Minimum of 1 year of relevant Hallmark business experience.
• Prior experience in an SAP-enabled environment.

• Bachelor's degree in business, analytics, engineering, or other relevant field.
• Any additional advanced technical degree/certification.
• Proficient in Excel.
• Working knowledge of Tableau.
• Strong analytical aptitude with proven ability to analyze and interpret data.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Possess ability to work confidently with personnel at all organizational levels.

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