Production Planner Supervisor

About the role

Electric Machinery Company, a division of WEG Electric Corp., Minneapolis, MN. Department: PPC Department.

Responsibilities

• Develops and trains individuals to ensure facility-wide coordination for efficient, safe, high-quality production meeting customer delivery.
• Collaborates with Warehouse and Finance regarding inventory levels and turns; verifies safety stock, bulk items, and slow-moving inventory are properly analyzed monthly.
• Provides coaching, guidance, employee development, and day-to-day support to commercial and production departments.
• Develops, implements, monitors, and maintains summary schedules to meet customer demand.
• Performs schedule analysis including critical path identification, schedule risk identification, variance investigation, level-loading, expediting, and outsourcing.
• Performs capacity monitoring and analysis to identify and resolve capacity constraints using industry best practices such as level-loading, expediting, and outsourcing.
• Acts as primary information conduit between operations and commercial departments.
• Works closely and harmoniously with other department supervisors and employees.
• Responsible for accomplishment of short- and long-term goals and objectives.
• Ensures department operations are conducted according to budget guidelines.
• Compiles and analyzes Key Performance and Visual Management Indicators.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Planning, Operations, Business, or similar; or equivalent work experience.
• Demonstrated competency in initiative, problem solving, customer service, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Three to five years' experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Computer literate; familiar with MRP software; knowledge of Microsoft Office and SAP software preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with ability to influence, guide, and support teams toward shared goals.
• Communicates and interacts effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Self-starting, results-oriented, flexible, team player.
• Ability to coordinate and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Physical Requirements

• Work performed in both office and manufacturing environments.
• Requires ability to routinely move throughout office and manufacturing facility.
• Requires ability to routinely lift up to 25 lbs.
• Requires ability to ascend and descend stairs daily to reach all areas of the manufacturing facility.