Production Planning Analyst I

Key Responsibilities

• Plans and distributes work orders to support manufactured items and ensures customer demand is met on schedule using Material Requirement Plan (MRP) and Resource Leveling methodologies
• Affords assistance in managing product lines to ensure alignment of raw materials and production capabilities, rescheduling existing demand to accommodate new demand and changes through the manufacturing process
• Affords assistance in defining KANBAN levels and procedures (internally and with Procurement for Suppliers)
• Plans demand in accordance with client or Field Service Operations requirements and works to ensure demand is met through the entire order lifecycle
• Communicates demands to Manufacturing, including schedules, part availability, available resources, etc.
• Manages planning parameters, safety stocks, lead times and order release to invoice payment cycle
• Works as the interface with engineering, customer service, planning, manufacturing engineering and suppliers to manage and facilitate communication and problem solving as well as support the needs of these internal customers

Experience

• Intermediate Material Requirement Plan (MRP) systems
• Making manufacturing inventory scheduling and/or inventory purchasing decisions
• Project Management
• Utilization of Inventory and Supply management methodologies

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Ability to understand constraints, critical path analysis and risk mitigation
• Reading engineering drawings and understanding the technical requirements detailed in specifications