Planner

Shift: 1st shift

City: Solon

Swagelok, Northeast Ohio, USA

Swagelok is a global organization and one of the largest employers of manufacturing talent in Northeast Ohio. We are driven by our core values of Quality, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Customer Focus, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement, which are demonstrated through our daily actions. For over 75 years, our dedication to our core values has been the foundation for our success. Our products have been up into space, down to the bottom of the ocean, and everywhere in between. That same dedication spans to our customers.

Throughout our organization we demonstrate a commitment to these values and those we bring onboard. Whether you want to grow in your role or explore broad opportunities and develop new skills—you’ll thrive in a culture that promotes learning and development.

We strive to be a company where we all can do our best work with a true sense of purpose and belonging. 

Be Connected. Be Valued. Be You.

We hope you’ll consider joining our team.

Position Summary:

The Planner is the primary Supply Chain contact for a product family or facility and is responsible for creating and managing an accurate production schedule for internal and/or external suppliers that considers shop floor capacity, customer priorities, raw material/components, and data integrity. Engages in continuous improvement, capacity management, and product flow initiatives.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain a feasible production or supplier plans, escalates disruptions, and can troubleshoot and resolve problems

• Competent in all production planning work processes and procedures for area of responsibility

• Can develop rapport and relationships with local and cross functional resources and/or suppliers to solve problems

• Proactively escalates customer issues, business system issues, data integrity issues, and internal department backlogs

• Can analyze supply and demand plan and develop a recommended action

• Thorough understanding of production and/or supplier performance metrics

• Manages own time effectively to complete daily work routine and objectives

• Demonstrates strong knowledge of supply chain concepts

• Can recommend new ideas and willingly supports change initiatives

• Demonstrates urgency when addressing customer requests

• Can train new associates and/or suppliers on departmental processes

• Other duties as assigned

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of supply chain experience.

• In lieu of degree, it requires 5+ years of supply chain experience.

• Competent in using MS Office Software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• SAP Experience a plus

Critical Competencies:

• Customer Focus

• Agility

• Adaptable to Change

• Collaboration

Working Conditions and/or Physical Requirements:

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.

• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.

Swagelok provides a comprehensive package of valuable benefits called Total Rewards focused on health and wellness, compensation, retirement planning, and supplemental rewards. 

To apply:

1. Click ‘Apply Now’ to the role of interest, upload your resume and complete the application.

2. Those that match our qualifications will be contacted to schedule a phone interview.

Congratulations on taking the first step to B e Connected. B e Valued. B e You.

Swagelok is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Applicants are selected without regard to race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, pregnancy-related medical conditions, age, national origin or ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

_Swagelok will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, and Ohio state law. _

_This job summary is intended to be brief and does not list all the duties for this position. Nothing in this job description should be construed as an express or implied contract of employment. Swagelok is an at-will employer, which means that either party is free to terminate the employment relationship at any time, without any advanced notice, for any reason or no reason. _