Manufacturing Planner

SLB • Katy, TX

1d

About The Position

The Manufacturing Planner is responsible to implement, monitor, measure and report production schedules to assure that matched sets of materials and capacities are available to meet the needs of customers and that production schedules are met. This includes management of all planning and production execution data including the creation of work orders, identification and management of priorities, capacity constraints, production monitoring, etc.

Requirements

• Business Administration, Engineering, Finance or related field bachelor’s degree
• Minimum preferred two years’ experience in a Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or Finance role.
• Good product knowledge and customer knowledge.
• Good Manufacturing processes knowledge.
• Advanced level understanding of ERP software systems – SAP highly preferred.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Problem solving and analytic skills
• Knowledge of Oilfield terminology and business practices. Oil & Gas Industry exposure
• Ability to work in global distributed setting, previous international exposure
• Self-driven, Proactive, Systems Thinking
• Candidates must be able to legally work and reside in the US, without sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Implements an effective and appropriate capacity management and production monitoring system
• Maintains all MRP planning and scheduling parameters for all "make" items.
• Analyzes planned order reports and provides timely release of production work orders specified by the Production Plan.
• Interfaces with production teams and procurement specialists to prioritize the most critical items.
• Identifies and brings to resolution any production demand/supply imbalances in both volume and mix.
• Provides daily guidance and information to the product line team regarding status of production schedules.
• Prepares and communicates shortage and backlog reports, and provides visibility of other potential interruptions to the Planning Manager
• Monitors production progress against scheduling needs and intervenes as necessary to bring deliveries back into compliance with production schedules.
• Identifies and reports opportunities and implements actions to continually reduce waste, shorten lead times, reduce costs, etc.
• Reports all scheduling, capacity, and production tracking data, statistics and metrics as defined by the Master Schedule policy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level