Production Planner

Job Responsibilities

• Planning and scheduling of material in accordance with the needs of the master production schedule (MPS).
• Cooking and communicating issues in a timely manner.
• Conducting finite capacity planning and scheduling of internal manufacturing operations in accordance with the needs of the MPS, producing & releasing internal work orders schedules & monitoring performance to plan.
• Developing production schedules for internal manufacturing operations for a series of production Workcenters to achieve the requirements of the master production schedule.
• Optimizing capacity, with minimal inventory and to ensure delivery to our customers on time.
• Strategically setting and managing all planning elements (parameters/rules) associated with all assigned manufactured parts, and coordinating any outside processing associated with those parts.
• Working with Engineering to identify alternatives supporting production requirements while optimizing cost & inventory reductions.
• Monitoring shrinkage, yield, BOM accuracy, scrap factors to support cross-functional continuous improvement projects.
• Planning and sequencing material inflows in such a way as to maintain inventory at planned levels while applying SOF principles to ensure that inventories are sized and balanced at the optimum levels throughout the supply chain.
• Inventory: responsible for effectively executing functional supply and demand material plans, ensuring right part, right place, right time with minimal inventory.
• Conducting inactive, obsolete, and surplus analysis on all parts and driving root cause, corrective action and disposition strategy.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Associate’s degree in Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, Technical or related field OR expected to graduate by September 2026 from an accredited institution with minimum 3 years of experience in supply chain working in a manufacturing environment OR High school diploma/GED from an accredited institution with minimum 5 years of experience in supply chain working in a manufacturing environment.
• No relocation is offered for this position. All candidates must currently reside within 70 miles of Orchard Park, NY to be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience working as a planner, scheduler, production control, or buyer within a technology company (ideally mechanical/aerospace).
• APICS certified or regional equivalent.
• Solid knowledge of impact to/of Supply Chain activities including Procurement, Warehousing, and Outside Processes.
• Practical knowledge / understanding of Lean Supply Chain concepts and application.

Skills

• Strong analytical, planning and organizational skills.

Benefits

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