Planner, Manufacturing ​/ Production, Operations Engineer

Purpose

This role provides planning management and strategic direction for the Planning and Program Management Teams. This Position is responsible for assisting operations management to maintain product flow; development of robust manufacturing plans to achieve all metrics including throughput; earned standard hours and variable costs. Position is also responsible for scheduling raw material to ensure smooth flow to manufacturing to meet customer requirements.

• Develop a facility model in Factory Planner for use in scheduling facility as well as conducting “what-if” analyses.
• Analyze and report projected press set-ups/batches, work center load hours, cycle times, inventory, etc. using Factory Planner.
• Analyze work center capacity and model plan based on infinite capacity or finite capacity as required.
• Development and communication of dynamic manufacturing plans to achieve key results.
• Specs and design changes in Product Engineering and Metallurgy.
• Liaison between all areas of the shop, sales and planning.
• Timely, accurate reports to management and customers.
• Develop policies and procedures that will allow the plant to run from reports generated by the factory planner system.
• Works closely with Estimating for the set-up of Bills of Materials and routers.
• Provides scheduling information to shop personnel for the RMC process.
• Liaison with customer sourcing.
• Coordinates scheduling of all operations within Grafton facility to assure timely delivery to customers.
• Coordinate and monitor the scheduling, pricing, and technical performance of company programs.
• Performs additional tasks as required.

• College degree and/or a minimum of ten (10) years’ supply chain experience.
• APICS certification or supply chain courses preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with planning systems (ERP, MRP, etc.).
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in Manufacturing (Steel making, automotive or forging preferred).
• Preferably familiar with metal manufacturing processes.
  
  Theoretical and practical understanding of the Theory of Constraints.
• Ability to see the “big picture.”