Production Planner

Position Summary

The Production Planner role involves planning and scheduling production work orders to maintain inventory levels, achieve internal financial goals, and meet customer deliveries. This position analyzes demand data, adjusts schedules for raw material delays, and collaborates with various departments to optimize inventory flow. Responsibilities include maintaining data in Oracle, leading cost reduction projects, and participating in safety and continuous improvement initiatives.

What You'll Do

• Plan and schedule manufacturing work orders to maintain appropriate inventory stock levels to meet on-time customer delivery.
• Analyze backorders, sales history, and forecasted demand data to prioritize and schedule production orders in line with labor and machine capacity.
• Adjust manufacturing schedules in response to raw material delays to minimize customer impact.
• Collaborate with purchasing, quality control, production, and warehouse staff to plan and optimize inventory flow throughout the material life cycle.
• Establish labor standards for production process to ensure accurate planning and KPI reporting.
• Create and maintain Bill of Materials (BOM), Resources, and Routings for all make items in Oracle.
• Maintain Netstock planning software with accurate planning parameters for Make items.
• Recommends and implements improvements in material planning to drive down inventory levels.
• Generate prioritization and KPI reporting to communicate the current state. Complete root cause analysis and implement cross-functional plans for improvement in response to the identified shortfall.
• Manage packaging and supply materials and inventory levels, including vendor communication, purchase order placement, and management of invoicing questions.
• Lead cost reduction projects related to production materials and planning.
• Participate in Phase In / Phase Out Product meetings to eliminate/reduce obsolete inventory impact.
• Develop and maintain procedures and work instructions for production planning.
• Active participation in Safety, Continuous Improvement, and Training initiatives, which include but are not limited to Safety Observations, Monthly Safety Audits, eSQDC board maintenance, upgrade, and administration of KPI for the area, proposal and execution of CIP (Cost Improvement Projects), and upgrade and maintenance of initiatives using the deploy system.

Required Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• Vocational/Technical plus 2 years of experience in supply chain position related to planning; OR High School Diploma/GED plus 4 years of experience in supply chain position related to planning.
• Thorough knowledge of ERP systems, Production Scheduling, Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and capacity planning.
• Must have strong computer skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Strategic thinking, strong analytical skills, able to synthesize considerable amounts data.
• Ability to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities.
• Able to influence people in opinions, attitude, or judgments; to generalize, evaluate and make decisions in stressful situations.

Preferred Qualifications

• APICS (CPIM, PM), or other related Supply Chain Certifications.

Additional Qualifications

• Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision.
• Demonstrated excellent organizational, oral and written communication skills and the ability to interface across levels and departments within the company.
• Must exhibit a high level of flexibility and an ability to multi-task at all times.
• Possess problem-solving skills.

Pay

Pay range for this opportunity is $63,750.00 - $82,500.00. This position is eligible for bonus participation. Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

Benefits

• Market competitive pay
• Extensive paid time off and (9) added holidays
• Excellent healthcare, dental, and vision benefits
• Long/short term disability coverage
• 401(K) with company match
• Maternity and parental leave
• Additional add on benefits/discounts for programs such as pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and continued educational programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career

STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits

Schedule

This role requires onsite work 5 days/week in Eden Prairie, MN. Working Hours: Monday-Friday 7am - 4pm (flexible on start/end times).