Production Planner

About the role

This candidate is expected to work across multiple cross-functional teams, Manufacturing, Supply chain, and Engineering teams to achieve both tactical and strategic goals. Responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of the production process and drives to resolution and closure of a wide range of issues.

Responsibilities

• Partner with manufacturing to perform capacity analysis to support what-if scenarios, forecast changes, planning for production growth, and growth in spares business to support worldwide install base of tools
• Collaborate with key partners (purchasing and engineering) to ensure Engineering Change Orders are communicated to and implemented in manufacturing in an efficient and timely way
• Understands and maintains critical path of BOMs in area of responsibility and drives engineering to maintain BOM alignment to manufacturing process
• Attends and actively participates in manufacturing production status meetings, On-Time-Starts meetings, and all other required meetings
• Open, manage, and close work orders timely to ensure correct factory cost absorption
• Identify potential supply risks and inventory exposures by reconciling material availability against manufacturing capacity and production plan targets. Develop and drive mitigation plans as necessary
• Escalate where and when necessary to management
• Ensure inventory accuracy through cycle count activity and promptly resolve variations through reconciliation activity
• Engage manufacturing teams and key stakeholders in the continuous improvement process to ensure assigned projects are identified, prioritized, and executed to ensure success

Requirements

3+ years of experience (low volume high mix preferred) and having supported New Product Introduction and sustaining manufacturing

Strong presentation and clear communication abilities

Preferred SAP experience

Articulates thoughts, concepts, and ideas concisely in both formal and informal situations

Intermediate to advanced MS Office skills, understanding of VLOOKUP, Pivot tables, tables, chart reporting, and data sorting

Strong proficiency in organizational and time-management skills

Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills

Demonstrates adaptability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment

Motivated: enthusiastic; strives for excellence; continually seeks to improve self and company; ability and strong desire to grow with the company

Qualifications

• Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years
• Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years
• OR equivalent work experience

Skills

APICS certification a plus

Pay

$90,500.00 - $153,900.00 Annually

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• Other voluntary benefits
• 401(K) including company matching
• Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
• Student debt assistance
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Development and career growth opportunities and programs
• Financial planning benefits
• Wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP)
• Paid time off and paid company holidays
• Family care and bonding leave