MHV Senior Planner

M&H Valve Company is a world-class manufacturer of water and wastewater materials including fire hydrants, resilient wedge gate valves, butterfly valves and check valves. Since 1854, M&H has developed a reputation for excellence and dependability. Our extensive facilities and innovative technologies have made us a business and community leader. From state-of-the-art environmental upgrades to advanced training initiatives and community outreach, we’re working every day to ensure M&H Valve is the best in the business. M&H Valve Company is part of Birmingham, AL based McWane, Inc.

About the Role

Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments including outside vendors according to the production schedule. Use data analysis skills to organize, develop, and disseminate production schedules and priorities to facility supervisors and managers. Manage and maintain the accuracy of facility inventory levels. Assist managers and supervisors in analyzing workflow and efficiency metrics to improve overall facility production performance. Serve as the subject matter expert for the ERP system and the processes it supports.

Responsibilities

• Ensure personal safety and the safety of team members by wearing appropriate PPE, including respiratory protection, hearing protection, foot, hand, head, and eye protection, and proactively promote The McWane Way principles.
• Provide technical expertise (development and administration) in the ERP system, maintain databases and data systems, and review facility reports and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems and incorrect ERP data.
• Use ERP system development and reporting tools to design, develop, and test customizations, integrations, and reports.
• Develop relationships and teamwork by providing BI and reporting assistance to all facility departments.
• Observe and analyze production reporting throughout the facility to suggest process improvements.
• Provide user assistance, direction, and training for scheduling, inventory control, and related ERP functionalities.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements and work closely with other IT staff and technical resources.
• Assist the BI/ERP Data Specialist in verifying the accuracy of reporting data.
• Review documents such as production schedules, work orders, or sales orders to determine materials requirements or material priorities.
• Assist department supervisors in developing production schedules.
• Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering.
• Develop and maintain standards for accurate inventory transactions.
• Monitor and advise facility management on inventory levels; develop sound inventory efficiency proposals and supervise their implementation.
• Develop and propose target production rates to facility management based on current sales levels and forecasting; ensure production demand generated in the ERP system is accurate.
• Review, distribute, and monitor open work orders across the facility and work with supervisors to maintain their accuracy.
• Work with supervisors and managers to identify opportunities for increased production and record the production data, including volume produced, consumption of raw materials, or quality control measures.
• Calculate figures such as required amounts of labor or materials, manufacturing costs, or wages, using pricing schedules, adding machines, calculators, or computers.
• Plan and execute annual physical inventory cycle count.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma is required. Associate degree in a related field, completion of a vocational or technical school program, or equivalent amount of education and experience.
• Five (5) to eight (8) years of previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience.
• Strong communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals.
• Strong work ethic, integrity, and flexibility.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Microsoft Office Applications (Excel/Outlook) experience required.
• ERP/MRP Software experience preferred.
• APICS certification/working knowledge of APICS principles preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge: Production and processing; administration and management; mathematics; English language; customer and personal service; clerical.
• Skills: Active listening; reading comprehension; speaking; time management; critical thinking; monitoring; writing; coordination; judgment and decision making; complex problem solving.
• Abilities: Oral comprehension; oral expression; written comprehension; problem sensitivity; near vision; written expression; deductive reasoning; information ordering; speech recognition; inductive reasoning; speech clarity; category flexibility; far vision.
• Work Activities: Getting information; communicating with supervisors, peers, or subordinates; interacting with computers; making decisions and solving problems; monitoring processes, materials, and surroundings; identifying objects, actions, and events; organizing, planning, and prioritizing work; processing information; scheduling work and activities; analyzing data and information; documenting/recording information; judging the qualities of things, services, or people; estimating quantifiable characteristics of products, events, or information; inspecting equipment, structures, or material; thinking creatively; establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships; updating and using relevant knowledge; monitoring and controlling resources; evaluating information to determine compliance with standards; training and teaching others; performing administrative activities; developing objectives and strategies; resolving conflicts and negotiating with others; coordinating the work and activities of others; developing and building teams; interpreting the meaning of information for others; guiding, directing, and motivating subordinates.

Physical Demands

• Physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving the whole body include climbing, lifting up to 50 pounds, balancing, walking, standing, stooping, and handling tools and materials.
• Must wear common protective or safety equipment, such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, and hard hats.