Planner II

Baxter • Mountain Home, AR

2d • $80,000 - $100,000

About The Position

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. Are you a driven person passionate about planning and logistics? At Baxter Healthcare Corporation, we provide an outstanding chance to become a Planner II on our team. This role offers a significant opportunity to influence our organization by collaborating with Scheduling, Purchasing, Warehouse, and Information Systems departments. You will play a key part in reaching our Annual Business and Quality Plans. Your efforts are essential to achieving targeted results and sustaining top-tier customer service.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree preferred. Related experience required.
• Proven ability to schedule and prioritize tasks for self and others, manage multiple activities, and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to manage conflict and be appropriately assertive and persuasive.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a complex organizational structure.
• Basic knowledge of inventory control, purchasing, and warehousing is essential.
• Develop overall business insight and respond effectively to global business issues.
• Key behavioral characteristics include self-motivation, foresight, effective follow-up, self-reliance, patience, and responsibility.
• Develop basic technical knowledge to support various systems efforts and improvements (e.g., J.D. Edwards, Rapid Response).
• Duties may require overtime work, including nights and weekends.
• Use of hands and fingers to manipulate office equipment is required.
• Position requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Responsibilities

• Meet established RM and WIP cash flow inventory dollar goals.
• Develop and maintain the Master Production Schedule in collaboration with Operations to ensure timely delivery and improve equipment and labor utilization.
• Achieve Production-to-Schedule requirements to support customer service level targets.
• Support Business/Quality Plans for responsible departments, including conversion loss, labor efficiency, overtime, quality, and safety.
• Collaborate with divisions/plants to secure requirements and review changes to plans.
• Secure material/service deliveries from approved suppliers to meet our quality, cost, and receipt date requirements.
• Provide distribution/logistical services of our products both internally and externally through the Warehouse and Inventory Control functions.

Benefits

• Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
• We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

What This Job Offers

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