Production Planner

Pay - $38 to $48/hour - depending on experience Shift - 1st shift - starting 6 am to 3 PM or 7 am to 4 pm or 8 am to 5 pm The Production Planner is responsible for timely execution of MRP in SAP environment, will identify and maintain mid and long term production plans that serve as the foundation for raw material, staffing, equipment, capital, and outsourcing plans. Daily / Weekly the candidate establishes and maintains finite production schedules as required by MRP / ERP, maintains an optimal workflow for production facility, monitoring daily exceptions, analyzing data, and resolving routine and non-routine issues. Candidate analyzes inventory movement / trends for optimum utilization, identifies safety stocks, optimum batch size, process capacity & efficiency, analyzes and dispositions excess and obsolete materials, uses / develops reports and tools that could improve production workflow and generates data or runs standard materials reports, summarizes and communicates conclusions generated from these reports, and recommends improvements. Collaborates with cross-functional teams in global, mult-tiered matrix organization. How You'll Make An Impact: On Time and In-Full supply of product and services to customers Manufacturing Efficiency Reduction to cost of goods/improved margin, as well as scrap mitigation Quality of product and communication within Global Supply Chain and to extended customers Meeting critical KPI’s of Manufacturing and Global Supply Chain What You Bring: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Product Supply Management or related discipline. APICS CPIM certification is mandatory 8 years Planning and Scheduling in a LEAN Manufacturing environment and/or other relevant manufacturing experience. Thorough understanding of Routings and Bills of Material. Strong computer skills with working knowledge in Microsoft Windows Office suite Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in written formats. Strong attention to detail, thoroughness and ability to anticipate issues. Experience with Continuous Improvement processes and/or projects useful. #J-18808-Ljbffr