Production Planner

Job Description:

Production Planner

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You will Make in this Role

As a Production Planner, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Planning and scheduling of production work centers, monitor work center output to meet customer requirements and improve work center operational efficiency.
• Procuring material and communicating to suppliers on future requirements to support the production plan.
• Strong written or oral communication with Production Planning, Value Stream, and Operations Team members along with active participation in the Tier process.
• Working closely with business to understand customer requirements and forecasts.
• Working closely with the manufacturing team, value stream leadership, and Supply Planners to determine how to prioritize and resolve supply constraints and balance service, inventory, and cost to meet business targets.
• Parameter Management - optimizing and maintaining production lot sizes, production cycles and safety stocks to deliver the desired balance between inventory and service.
• Managing capacity includes identifying, resolving, and escalating production constraints.
• Executing the production planning standard work utilizing supply chain tools, IT systems, and processes.
• Providing a high degree of planning analysis to support data-driven decision making.
• Identifies, leads, and participates in Continuous Improvement projects that improve customer service, inventory investment, flow, and supply chain efficiency.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.
• Three (3) years or more combined experience in supply chain, planning, and/or logistics experience in a private, public, government, or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Strong data mining, data analysis, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Advanced data analysis and Microsoft Suite experience
• Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, and self-motivational skills
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience utilizing Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Supply Chain, Operations Management, and/or Business Analytics from an accredited institution
• Experience working with JDA, SAP, COMS, Figures, GGSM, GDMR, INVENTO, Reporting and Analytics, Power BI, or other execution systems in a private, public, government, or military environment.
• ASCM (APICS) Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) or willingness to pursue.
• Possess expertise equivalent to that which is needed to obtain professional certifications in supply chain, transportation, inventory management or related field.
• Lean Six Sigma or similar expertise, certification and or training.

Work location: On-site Alexandria, MN

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life - both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $84,595 - $103,394, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at:

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