Planner Scheduler

Flex•Milpitas, CA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Flex is seeking a Planner Scheduler to join their team in Milpitas, CA. This role reports to the Production Planning Manager and will be responsible for Work Order Management, Build plans, materials, and production functions. The Planner Scheduler will lead planners and schedulers, coordinate and approve product releases to production planning systems based on material and capacity availability. The typical day involves checking order fulfillment feasibility, preparing build plans, inputting planning data using ERP and simulation tools, monitoring plan implementation, managing Engineering/Manufacturing Change Orders, ensuring system accuracy, reviewing clean-to-build reports, monitoring stock levels, preparing reports for management and CFTs, assisting SCM and Order Desk, advising associates on customer request priorities, monitoring and addressing issues impacting performance, coordinating with CFT for PI and Cycle count, supporting RMA and rework orders, reviewing purge and MRB requests, coordinating high-visibility customer programs, managing product lifecycle and material availability with the Master Scheduler, driving process improvements, and representing Production Order Management on Customer Focus Teams. This role may also assist with inventory control, supply chain management, material planning, and scheduling, ensuring compliance with standards and training.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
Typically requires a minimum of 3 years of experience in materials or related field.
Has awareness of the functional impact upon work processes and other functions.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and database systems.
Ability to prepare and maintain reports, business correspondence, work instructions, and process documentation.
Experience working with ERP systems and supply chain operations.
Working knowledge of Bills of Material (BOMs), material flow, and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

Checking the possibility of order fulfillment based on the available resources (materials, employees, equipment etc.), confirmation of the order.
Preparation of Build plans, input of planning data using ERP and other simulation tools
Monitoring, control of implementation of plans, starting necessary actions in case of deviations, Engineering / Manufacturing Change Orders
Monitoring of system accuracy in daily/weekly bases /General Item data, routing, BOM, CFT data /non-consumed demand, planned WOs.
Review Clean to build reports, checking the material availability, replanning if necessary
Monitoring of stock level, handling of stock differences.
Preparing management and CFT specificities reports, monitoring KPI’s
Giving assistance, replacement in certain cases to SCM and Order desk within the CFT.
Advises non-exempt associates regarding day-to-day priority of customer requests.
Monitors and proactively addresses issues that impact performance to committed ship date (CSD), lead-time, response time, and inventory goals.
Co-Ordinate with CFT and support PI and Cycle count
Support RMA and rework orders for internal and customer
Review and support Purge requests and MRB requests on day to day production
Coordinates and manages high-visibility and/or important customer programs. May include initial customer or product startup initiatives or large customer programs.
Coordinates with Master Scheduler to manage product life cycle and related materials availability issues.
Drives process improvements inside and outside the area of Order Management.
Provides input to management, reschedules, and /or interfaces with customer program management, master scheduling, customers and production control to reschedule production in the event of design changes, labor and material shortages, backlogs, and other potential schedule interruptions
Represents Production Order Management on various Customer Focus Teams.
May also help inventory control, supply chain management, material planning, and scheduling.
Ensure compliance with standards and all manufacturing area personnel are trained and certified in their specific functions, and that no task is performed by untrained.