Production Planning Analyst

Responsibilities

• Administering, communicating and improving practices and functions related to Production Planning
• Provide support to Production as needed
• Create and maintain bill of materials (BOMs) for new and existing vehicles
• Support production schedule changes to minimize disruption and optimize inventory utilization
• Set up engineering change orders (ECOs) in our production system to drive an efficient implementation of design changes
• Set up internal engineering change orders for supply changes or related situations
• Work with internal departments on when and how to implement engineering change orders
• Support the execution of engineering changes into production
• Troubleshoot inventory management errors to drive solutions and accurate part control
• Issue cycle count requests to confirm inventory
• Communicate with Japan office on BOM and ECO related issues
• Focus on the production plans that will utilize resources in the most optimal way and maintain viable production and inventory plans that best fulfill demand requirements
• Maintain awareness of company policies and procedures, quality and environmental management systems (QMS & EMS), and Kawasaki Production System (KPS)
• Monitor and analyze systems, schedules and work flow
• Research trends in related issues, analyze current processes and recommend applicable changes for improvements to relevant programs
• Create, update and prepare reports using various computer programs
• Support and communicate to all levels of the organization for internal and external customers
• Analyze various information to determine out of balance conditions, develop solutions and adjust system parameters to improve efficiencies, support cost down efforts and provide customer service

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
• Four to six years of scheduling and/or planning experience
• Ability to demonstrate the skills in sharing and receiving information, feedback, to encourage a trusting and developmental outcome or relationship
• Capability to assess all forms of communication, verbal and nonverbal, to determine the effectiveness of communication
• Proficiency with computers and computer applications, including: spreadsheets (e.g., Excel), word processing (e.g., Word), presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint), internet/intranet (e.g., browsers, search engines), special applications (e.g., Lansa Client, AS400, SAP, etc.)