Planner II

Finning • Edmonton, AB

18d • Onsite

About The Position

The Planner II is responsible for the day-to-day tactical planning of their assigned value stream. Responsibilities include end-to-end supply chain management and collaboration to support production planning within the assigned value stream. They are accountable for creating and communicating balanced plans to achieve targets on: demand fulfillment, parts availability, plan attainment, component inventory, WIP, and other applicable customer requirements for their assigned value stream. They are also responsible for maintaining positive customer relationships and collaborating with stakeholders in creative problem solving for the value stream.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Commerce or equivalent with a focus on operations, supply chain, analytics
• Minimum 3 years related experience in production planning and/or supply chain management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a demanding and customer focused work environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work in a multi-functional team
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills
• Excellent organizational skills including the ability to work efficiently and effectively under tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and quality
• Proven ability to be aware and flexible through assessment of situations
• Proficient in MS Office applications, advanced level in Excel
• Practical experience and theoretical knowledge of planning, expediting, supply chain, logistics and inventory management
• Ability to utilize a variety of software tools to perform forecasting, modelling, analysis, simulations & flow chart functions

Nice To Haves

• CAT product knowledge considered an asset
• Familiarity with M3, specifically parts inventory functions within Lawson considered an asset

Responsibilities

• Create supply plans through rebuilds and seeding for their assigned value stream
• Account for inventory strategy, demand fulfillment, CRC (Component Rebuild Center) capacity, invested capital and other applicable customer requirements
• Create detailed supply plans for individual components and make seeding recommendations when required
• Collaborate with key stakeholders such as Production, Materials, Tech Services, Customer Service and other Planners to validate plans are attainable and align to customer requirements and corporate targets
• Regular review and adjustment of plans to changing circumstances in a highly dynamic environment
• Communicate plans and priorities to involved parties responsible for plan execution
• Communicate expected ship dates, delays and risks to demand fulfillment to ESP’s (Exchange Supply Planners)
• Monitor flow of cores through the supply chain to ensure cores are being returned and processed in alignment with plan requirements (escalating cores outstanding and cores on hand, and monitoring WIP velocity)
• Generate and communicate plan attainment reporting (daily, weekly, monthly)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees