Our client is seeking an experienced and innovative Production Planner with a record of continuous improvement and demonstrated success in production management.
The Production Planner will be primarily responsible to create and manage the Master Production Schedule for new product lines to ensure on-time delivery and efficient resource and inventory utilization. On a bi-weekly basis collect, compile, and analyze Product Forecasts from Demand Planner. Develop a material and resource constrained Production Plan and calculate projected inventory positions and purchasing requirements. Administer a monthly meeting with Sales, Applications Engineering and Product Management to review plans and gain consensus.
RESPONSIBILITIES
MASTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULING
Create a 16-Week Master Production schedule for all in-house production, fabrication and kitting operations.
Manage material constraints, administer re-scheduling requests for materials, re-plan MPS to mitigate the impact of material constraints.
Manage scheduled ship dates from production Orgs, ensure 16-Week MPS meets on-time delivery targets
Manage resource constraints, produce a Rough Cut Capacity Requirements Report and work with production management team to optimize the rough cut capacity plan. Re-plan MPS to resolve resource under and over utilization. Report pull-ahead production and production scheduling late.
Create dynamic and impactful reports of the 16-week MPS for sales and product management teams. Reports to include, production schedule, capacity utilization, production schedule attainment and exception reporting.
WORK ORDER MANAGEMENT
Review and release work orders from MRP workbench on a weekly basis. Resolve material and resource shortages. Ensure the production schedule is attainable within daily shift calendar.
Manage expedite and escalation requests
Manage material revisions, non-standard work orders, re-work and other work order exceptions
Manage outside processing work orders with material releases, traffic management and scheduled receipts
Manage rescheduling of work orders past due work orders and report scheduling exceptions.
MATERIAL PURCHASE REQUEST MANAGEMENT
Utilizing Oracle MRP workbench, review material requirements for 16-week MPS, release planned orders and manage scheduled receipt date requests.
Collaborate with sourcing and purchasing to ensure MOQs and EOQs are maintained.
Analyze and report on scheduled receipts (cost, volume, frequency). Maintain raw material and WIP inventory turns and Weeks of Supply within targets.
Manage BOM and Routing changes to minimize Excess and Obsolete material.
NEW PRODUCT PLANNING
QUALIFICATIONS