Manager I, Plant Production Planning

Crown Holdings • Alsip, IL

39d • Onsite

About The Position

Crown Holdings, Inc. is a world leader in metal packaging production, designing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable metal packaging solutions. We are seeking a Manager, Production Planning for our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Alsip, Illinois, part of the North American Closures Aerosol and Promotion Packaging (CAPP) Division. This role is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing production control and materials functions, including receiving, shipping, scheduling, and inventory control. The position requires maintaining continuous communication with internal customers and multiple source suppliers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of production control experience
• 3 years minimum in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in planning component parts from various suppliers, to support plant assembly operations
• Working experience in balancing customer service levels along with aggressive inventory reduction goals
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Access
• Computer literacy a must
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Associates degree in a related discipline

Responsibilities

• Develop the Master Schedule requirements from demand forecast, plant capacity, and historical data
• Interact with production and sales personnel to update and advise of progress and new developments
• Manage volume and manufacturing location changes between factories as needed to meet customer requirements
• Monitor inventories in an effort to minimize costs and achieve Plant inventory goals
• Oversee development and maintenance of tools that enhance production planning capability for the Division
• Maintain accurate needs attention and obsolete inventory and implement measures for improvement
• Track/analyze data and produce required reports
• Update and maintain the planning production system
• Interface with manufacturing personnel, purchasing personnel, etc. on material status and production planning issues
• Coordinate with the manufacturing floor to actively manage the production schedule
• Follow and audit production orders through the production process to ensure the proper schedule is followed
• Monitor manufacturing system transactions for accuracy and work with leaders to correct discrepancies and eliminate the fundamental causes of the problems
• Coordinate material delivery with inventory to support manufacturing schedule
• Examine material delivered to production to verify conformance to specifications
• Compile records such as material inventory, in process production reports, and status and location of materials
• Perform system transactions to report movement of material between manufacturing operations and into finished goods
• Monitor daily progress of manufacturing orders
• Monitor quality, service, and delivery issues and issues corrective actions as needed
• Plan and schedule production orders based on established priorities and the availability of required materials and capacity
• Follow up to determine actual performance versus estimates
• Maintain the capacity report so that it can be used as a tool in the planning and scheduling process
• Maintain monthly and yearly inventory levels
• Maintain additional metric reports
• Perform other job-related duties as required or assigned

Benefits

• Strong engagement and commitment to the safety of our employees
• The opportunity to build a meaningful career
• Professional and personal development through training and work experiences
• Join us and become part of a team of professionals who are passionate about sustainable packaging!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree