Production Planner

Summary

This role is responsible for coordinating and expediting the flow of work and materials within or between departments according to daily and weekly production schedules to meet customer requirements while minimizing impact to manufacturing/operations, and managing distribution costs and inventory investment.

• Create and maintain schedules to successfully meet shipping dates according to forecasts and orders while maximizing efficiencies. Create and/or recommend revisions to production schedules as needed.
• Manage Raw Material planning, aligning inventory spend with MRP and safety stock requirements.
• Create and release of work orders to ensure compliance with the planned schedule in support of the forecast and inventory levels while optimizing available capacity.
• Prepare scheduling reports, deliver performance metrics, and supply chain analysis as required.
• Escalate potential issues that may impact production scheduling (i.e. raw material/equipment issues).
• Communicate with internal customers as to the status of open orders/jobs and exceptions impacting on-time delivery.
• Support and maintain master data for planning parameters (stocking policies, lead time, safety stocks, etc.).
• Collaborate closely with Operations on Key Initiatives and optimized planning sequencing.
• Work with Product Line management to ensure business priorities are in line with planned execution.
• Participate, support, and lead improvement projects and special initiatives required by the planning organization.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Operations management, Business, Data Science, or related field. May consider equivalent work experience in lieu of degree.
• 2+ years of relevant manufacturing planning experience.
• Experience using production planning software and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems – SAP S/4
  
  HANA preferred.
• Experience in Microsoft Excel advanced functionality

Rogers Corporation makes tomorrow's innovations possible. Help build a cleaner, safer and more connected world with a career at Rogers, where we make tomorrow’s innovations possible. We rely on a talented workforce to develop our cutting edge, market‑leading material technologies. Our global team develops innovative specialty materials and components that enable technology in a wide array of high‑growth markets. Our customers expect high performance and reliability, so we are always looking for people who can improve processes, get results and represent a best‑in‑class organization.

People are at the heart of all our operations, and we encourage our employees to act with integrity, creativity and excellence to help drive results worldwide.

It is our commitment to get “Results, but Results the Right Way.” Rogers offers an exceptional work environment and a value‑driven culture modeled by leadership. Employees have access to developmental opportunities as well as top‑notch benefits and incentive programs. Come join a winning team!

Rogers Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, as well as other protected groups.

At Rogers Corporation (NYSE:

ROG), we’re changing how the world uses technology. We are a global leader in materials technology and manufacturing, producing engineered materials to power, protect and connect our world. With nearly 200 years of materials science and engineering experience, Rogers delivers high‑performance solutions that enable global Advanced Electronics Solutions and Elastomeric Material Solutions, as well as other technologies where reliability is critical.

Rogers enables the world’s leading innovators to achieve greater performance, speed to market and reliability through our renowned technical solutions support, problem‑solving and application engineering capabilities. Rogers delivers market‑leading solutions for energy‑efficient motor drives, vehicle electrification and alternative energy, sealing, vibration management, and impact protection in mobile devices, transportation interiors, industrial equipment and performance apparel, wireless infrastructure and automotive safety and radar systems.

Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona (USA), Rogers operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, China, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and South Korea, with joint ventures and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit