Planner

About the role

At Columbia we come to work every day driven by the belief that innovation can transform industries, empower communities, and create a more efficient, sustainable world. With operations spanning five continents and a commitment to excellence in service and support, our purpose extends beyond engineering advanced equipment. We are pioneering innovation and paving a better tomorrow with factory automation solutions worldwide. Summary: Coordinates the production schedules by ensuring the flow of materials, parts, and assemblies between or within departments.

Responsibilities

• Prepares production reports
• Maintains production database by entering accurate data
• Schedules and coordinates flow of work within or between manufacturing departments by using customer orders, established priorities, and availability or capability of workers, parts, materials, and equipment
• Prepare regular reports on production performance, inventory status, and potential risks
• Ensure that all planning activities are documented in compliance with company policies and industry standards
• Manages inventory levels to ensure turnover and product availability
• Reviews and adjusts inventory levels and production schedules based on lead times of internally and externally sourced parts
• Monitor and adjust schedules as necessary to accommodate changes in production capacity, lead times, and customer requirements
• Resolves scheduling problems by communicating with manufacturing expeditor, managers and part sales department to resolve scheduling issues
• Resolve scheduling problems by collecting and analyzing information and coordinating solutions
• Assess production capacity and resource availability, identifying potential bottlenecks and working to resolve them
• Supports internal and external customer service by understanding and documenting internal and external customer needs and expectations and communicating to appropriate team(s) when an expectation will not be met
• Contributes to the continuous improvement effort by documenting processes and procedures, eliminating non-value-added activities, and participating monthly in cross functional CI team meetings
• Identify opportunities to streamline production processes and improve efficiency
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies, attending professional workshops and reviewing publications
• Contributes to team effort by being willing to attempt new assignments or fill in for others as needed; accomplishes other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Knowledge:
  • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,