Planner

About the role

Eaton’s IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a Planner for our Los Angeles, CA facility. The LA facility has approximately 300 employees and is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and delivery of Aerospace hydraulic components, systems and services to the global aftermarket and OEM markets.

Responsibilities

• Initiate required documentation and / or system transactions to allocate, internally manufacture or reschedule material as required.
• Plan and release work orders as required to meet customer orders while maintaining optimum lead time and inventory level.
• Track critical items through SAP system to ensure revenue plan is met and PD continues to drop.
• Proactively identify and report potential problems which will result in missing deadlines, or result in potential quality problems.
• Perform clerical duties necessary to maintain work order WIP accuracy.
• Drive shortage meetings with a cross functional team and expedite material where required to meet shortfall between current plan and customer order requirements.
• Balance current and future demand requirements with manufacturing and supplier capabilities / capacities to ensure on-time completion of customer requirements.
• Communicate closely with Purchasing Team to ensure uninterrupted flow to support Master Schedule.
• Create short term schedule to be shared with your value stream and ensure financial projections are understood and are being met.
• Concentrate on OTD, OTR, Aging WIP, PD and QN markers at all times, driving proper actions and behavior within support team.
• Work with cross-functional teams to clear up Quality issues and returns to customers (MRB & RMA).

Qualifications

• Required (Basic): Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Minimum of two (2) years experience in supply chain planning, inventory control, purchasing, logistics, stockroom operations and/or shipping / receiving. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience supporting a manufacturing, operations or logistics environment. Experience planning within the Aerospace or Automotive industry. Experience with MRP systems. Program Management experience and knowledge of MRO business.

Skills

• Strong PC skills, especially in Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
• Strong ethics and values and the ability to influence others’ decision making.
• Ability to manage multiple projects/activities; results driven.
• Process oriented and ability to contribute to continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead change in a team environment.
• Ability to build effective teams; creative thinker.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and make effective decisions.
• Ability to think strategically and influence others’ decision making.
• Ability to quickly analyze, identify and implement opportunities and corporate initiatives for improvement that have measurable dollar impact each year.
• Customer oriented.
• Detail oriented.
• Collaborative style and ability to work cross functionally.

Benefits

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