Assembly/ Production Planner
About the role
Siemens is looking for a Production Planner for their Fort Worth, Texas manufacturing facility. Our growing facility has more than one hundred employees that produce high-quality, make-to-order power distribution equipment for the western United States market. Our processes include material handling, metal fabrication, final assembly and test. The position is responsible to balance supply and demand and coordinate the different functions within the manufacturing plant to ensure the completion of the customer orders on time in the most cost effective/productive way to meet our financial targets as well.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and balance supply and demand.
- Evaluate work center capacity and material supply to develop detailed production plans to achieve a high level of schedule adherence.
- Work closely with production and customer service to plan and prioritize operations to fulfill customer requirements on time and ensure maximum performance, considering resources needed and available, to meet, at the same time, our financial goals.
- Drive and coordinate daily production meetings.
- Analyze large amounts of data to develop strategies for continuous improvement.
- Review, update and/or fix SAP material master or configurations.
- Meet delivery reliability, schedule adherence and cost saving/productivity initiatives for the site.
Qualifications
A High School Diploma or GED equivalency is a minimum requirement. Preferred qualifications include a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering.
- 2 plus years of experience in a production planner, manufacturing engineer, master scheduler, resource planner or supply chain role in a manufacturing environment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Products (Particularly Excel).
- Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications
- APICS Certification is a plus
- Lean Manufacturing experience is a plus
- Microsoft Access is a plus
- Excel Macros is a plus
Pay
The pay range for this position is $54,835 - $94,003.