Production Planner I/II/III

Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career. At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose‑driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers’ greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day. Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

• Use ERP‑generated reports or planned orders to convert to a production plan, acknowledging incoming supply of materials, inventory availability, resource constraints, and internal or external customers’ needs.
• Ensure production orders are maintained to provide accurate MRP signals.
• Utilize demand signals from SAP to understand workload per responsible production line and aid the capacity‑planning process.
• Prioritize production lines by utilizing SAP exception messaging to expedite, de‑expedite, reschedule and re‑plan assigned work centers based on internal and external customers’ dynamically changing needs.
• Work closely with New Product Development project teams on master‑data set‑up, workload planning, driving demand signals in SAP, and scheduling beta and stock builds to ensure production readiness.
• Ensure execution of the production plan through verbal and electronic communication of the production schedule to the assigned production supervisor and group leader.
• Communicate any production schedule changes to the product line manager and customer service when necessary.
• Maintain SAP master data including production lead time, MRP settings, MRP‑relevant material master views, total replenish lead time, and repetitive scheduling set‑up and maintenance.
• Utilize the internal continuous‑improvement operating system to correctly identify root causes of problems and drive corrective‑action results.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to model disciplined execution following detailed standard work, maintaining a high level of attention to detail, driving efficiency, productivity and personal accountability.
• Demonstrates an innovative and technological mindset to ensure master‑data integrity and accuracy, seek out latest industry trends, roadmap future technology and champion early adoption.
• Sound ability to make data‑driven and analytical decisions by identifying trends and opportunities, making problems visible, and utilizing financial acumen to justify investments and influence decisions.
• Proven ability in challenging the status quo to drive continuous improvement, promoting the use of root‑cause problem solving, valuing new ideas, inspiring others, and demonstrating effective use of change‑management principles.
• Proven success in building partnerships, influencing others, and communicating effectively both verbally and in writing, seeking diverse perspectives, and strong emotional intelligence to enable cross‑functional collaboration.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Business, or Logistics‑related fields.
• Experience Level I: Entry level – no production planning experience required.
• Experience Level II: 2+ years production planning experience.
• Experience Level III: 4+ years production planning experience.
• Preferred experience: planning in a versatile production/manufacturing environment; experience with SAP production planning and inventory control modules; experience with Power BI, BW, or other reporting software; business process ownership that demonstrates ability to influence and communicate.
• Preferred education: APICS, CPIM, or similar accreditation.
• Preferred experience using SAP for production planning and inventory control modules and production planning in a versatile manufacturing environment.