Associate Production Planner

Overview

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, offering strategic talent solutions to clients worldwide. This job opportunity is for a client, the world's largest intimates specialty retailer, which offers a wide range of modern, fashion-inspired collections including bras, panties, lingerie, casual sleepwear, swim, and athleisure, as well as award-winning prestige fragrances and body care.

Job Description

Overall Objectives:

• Owns the end-to-end order management process for multiple brand channels, including article creation, upload, and maintenance of purchase orders.
• Manages PO amendment resolution, on order reporting, and delivery tracking.
• Tactical cross-functional communication and issue resolution with regional partners, on order monitoring, tracking, and reporting.
• Prioritizes and organizes tasks independently after full onboarding into the role.

Responsibilities:

• Order Management:
• Initiate POs
• Manage PO amendment resolution
• Review, respond, and determine impact from weekly OSR
• Audit monthly on order reporting
• Maintain delivery tracking
• Direct offshore COMs team to enter data in Mainframe and SAP
• Follow up on Planning requests to adjust on order
• Manage COMs/issue resolution related to on order and articles
• Filter issues requiring higher-level resolution or those that can be handled at this level
• Liaibilities/Cancelations:
• Review and interpret liabilities
• Ensure timely receipt of liability confirmation post order placement
• Communicate liabilities to the brand
• Commitment contract/raw material reconciliation
• Risk assessment of expiring liabilities
• Manage tactical systems work for cancellations of orders
• Document cancellations for monthly MPC meetings
• Capacity Planning:
• Ensure timely on order accuracy
• Report commitments without POs
• Production Planning:
• Support CGL creation and maintenance
• Adhere to order schedule and update necessary tracking documents for CF alignment
• Enter GNG dates in WIPS to facilitate discussions and attend weekly WIPS meetings
• Focus on order management related to speed orders, immediate issue resolution, and escalation
• Maintain floorset reporting for late deliveries
• Cross Functional Communication:
• Logistics
• DC Ops
• Deployment Planning
• Merchants
• PD
• Region
• Vendors
• Commercialization
• Product Performance
• Textiles

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1-3 years of experience in a related role
• At least one internship experience in a corporate environment preferred
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite; proven Excel skills required
• Detail-oriented with strong multi-tasking and organizational skills
• Strong work ethic
• Effective verbal and written communication skills

Benefits:

• Equal Opportunity Employer