Integrated Business Planner - Capital Equipment

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for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the description. First, there is a description paragraph: "Integrated Business Planner, Capital Equipment At Okuma America Corporation, delivering exceptional customer experiences begins with effective planning, collaboration, and execution. As an Integrated Business Planner, Capital Equipment, you will play a critical role in aligning customer demand, distributor commitments, and factory capacity to ensure successful delivery of Okuma's machine tool portfolio. This position serves as a key link within the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and partners closely with Regional Sales teams, Distributors, Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Global Operations. You will help balance customer expectations with operational capabilities, optimize factory build schedules, and support delivery commitments for both standard and highly customized engineered-to-order machine solutions." That's about the role. So we can have

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  Responsibilities

  • Drive Demand & Business Planning: Partner with Sales, Distributors, and Operations teams to balance customer demand with available production capacity. Support the monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process by translating forecasts, orders, and market opportunities into actionable production plans. Evaluate changes in demand, project priorities, and supply conditions to help ensure delivery commitments remain achievable. Provide insights and recommendations that support informed planning and scheduling decisions.
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    maybe two items: Education and Experience. Education: Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field required. Experience: Four (4) to six (6) years of experience in production planning, scheduling, supply chain, operations, or a related field. Experience supporting Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes. Strong understanding of capacity planning, order management, forecasting, and long lead-time manufacturing environments. Experience working in capital equipment, machine tool, engineered-to-order, or industrial manufacturing environments preferred. Experience supporting distributor networks and customer-specific project requirements preferred. Experience leveraging Business Intelligence (BI) platforms and data analytics tools to support planning decisions preferred. APICS/ASCM certification, including CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent certification, preferred. We could split experience into multiple bullet points for readability. Now Skills:

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    About the role

    Integrated Business Planner, Capital Equipment At Okuma America Corporation, delivering exceptional customer experiences begins with effective planning, collaboration, and execution. As an Integrated Business Planner, Capital Equipment, you will play a critical role in aligning customer demand, distributor commitments, and factory capacity to ensure successful delivery of Okuma's machine tool portfolio. This position serves as a key link within the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and partners closely with Regional Sales teams, Distributors, Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Global Operations. You will help balance customer expectations with operational capabilities, optimize factory build schedules, and support delivery commitments for both standard and highly customized engineered-to-order machine solutions.

    Responsibilities

    • Drive Demand & Business Planning: Partner with Sales, Distributors, and Operations teams to balance customer demand with available production capacity. Support the monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process by translating forecasts, orders, and market opportunities into actionable production plans. Evaluate changes in demand, project priorities, and supply conditions to help ensure delivery commitments remain achievable. Provide insights and recommendations that support informed planning and scheduling decisions.
    • Partner with Sales & Customers: Work closely with Regional Sales teams and Distributor partners to coordinate delivery timelines for customer machine orders and strategic projects. Serve as a trusted resource for order scheduling, shipment timing, and delivery expectations. Communicate schedule risks, opportunities, and changes proactively to help ensure a positive customer experience. Help align customer needs with operational capabilities while supporting business objectives.
    • Manage Production Schedules & Capacity: Develop and maintain machine build schedules that optimize factory capacity and support on-time delivery performance. Prioritize production requirements based on customer commitments, business priorities, and resource availability. Coordinate with Supply Chain and Engineering teams to ensure materials, components, and technical requirements support planned production schedules. Monitor schedule performance and adjust plans as business conditions evolve.
    • Collaborate Across the Organization: Build strong partnerships with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Logistics, Sales, and Global Operations teams. Facilitate alignment on production priorities, delivery commitments, and operational constraints. Lead discussions to resolve scheduling conflicts, evaluate trade-offs, and support effective decision-making. Help connect customer expectations with internal execution strategies across the organization.
    • Improve Performance & Planning Processes: Monitor key planning and delivery metrics, including backlog health, schedule adherence, and on-time delivery performance. Identify trends, risks, and opportunities through data analysis and reporting. Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on planning effectiveness, data integrity, and operational responsiveness. Contribute to efforts that reduce lead times, enhance flexibility, and improve the overall customer experience.

    Qualifications

    • Education: Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field required.
    • Experience: Four (4) to six (6) years of experience in production planning, scheduling, supply chain, operations, or a related field.
    • Experience supporting Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes.
    • Strong understanding of capacity planning, order management, forecasting, and