Specialist, Production Planning

L3HHCM20 • Salt Lake City, UT

12d

About The Position

This position is responsible for development of a master production schedule through compiling, balancing, and maintaining project-based schedule bases which support individual project life cycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to travel occasionally
• Ability to work extended hours as required

Nice To Haves

• Proficient in MS Office
• Strong Communication Skills
• Strong Problem Solving Skills
• Practical knowledge of project management
• Proficient knowledge of job area

Responsibilities

• Use MRP to schedule project-based demand, balancing schedule needs with existing demands and shop floor capacity.
• Manage demand against constrained work centers and provide demand forecast reports to management. Make recommendations for rough cut capacity planning based on current and forecast demands.
• Maintain inputs for active schedule management and balance ongoing project mitigations with the overall production schedule. Includes inputs associated with dates, quantities, configuration, job order creation, and changes to existing job orders.
• Maintain interface between Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system and the Product Scheduling/Status system. Ensure material demands support program schedules while balancing production with available capacity. Process Work Authorization (WA) and Program Directive (PD) documents ensuring adherence to scheduling system, project grouping strategy, configuration control and approval guidelines.
• Manage impact and implement changes from Engineering Change Notices (ECN)
• Manage inventory and open orders for all assemblies related to assigned projects including project transfer request approvals, transfer-payback activity, excess/inactive/obsolete inventory reconciliation and open job order maintenance.
• Provide ongoing management of special MRP demand inputs including PIRs, FAOs, Blocking Jobs to ensure time-phased requirements meet program needs while mitigating excess demands
• Schedule compression and critical path mitigation
• Identify and analyze MRP exceptions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees