Planner I

Applied Materials•Austin, TX

4d•$60,000 - $73,500

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a Planner I to support planning activities that may involve production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control/Material Resources Planning (MRP) integrity. The role maintains work-order schedules and supports material availability for manufacturing and engineering. It reviews MRP execution, reconciles supply and demand, maintains accurate planning information, and supports inventory and process-control activities. The position may also support special engineering projects and shop-floor work centers. No supervisory responsibilities are assigned, though the planner provides informal guidance to new team members.

Requirements

Demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in the relevant discipline and the ability to broaden capabilities.
Understands key business drivers and applies that understanding to own work.
Solves straightforward problems by analyzing possible solutions using technical experience, judgment, and precedents.
Works within guidelines and policies and contributes to the quality of own work and the work of the team.
Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations.
Willingness to travel 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

Maintain the Oracle work-order release schedule to provide materials on time to manufacturing and engineering; reschedule or complete no-charge discrete jobs as required.
Perform pre-shortage analysis to increase component availability at work-order release and analyze work-order variances.
Review MRP execution, reconcile supply and demand, validate master scheduling and/or PDS requirements, and ensure planning information is accurate.
Review and ensure proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs); maintain and audit systems; and prepare status reports for ECOs and ECRs in process.
Participate in floor audits with Finance and resolve work-in-process (WIP) issues.
Attend production meetings and report material-shortage commit dates.
Update make-level lead times to reflect conditions on the manufacturing floor.
Work with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects and potentially support shop-floor work-center control activities.
Analyze inventory usage and stock levels, order parts to satisfy service levels, maintain planned inventory levels, and expedite shortages; potentially forecast spare-parts needs.
Examine material variances, resolve problems where possible, and communicate more difficult problems to management.
Assist with setting up or modifying inventory systems, assign appropriate expediting duties, and potentially manage obsolete inventory.
Participate in identifying root causes and corrective actions from PCI reporting and metrics, and drive cycle counting.
Provide informal guidance to new team members.