Planner/Scheduler

ABB•Kirkwood, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position reports to the Supply Chain Manager. The Senior Marine Commissioning Engineer plans and executes, with minimal professional guidance, complex technical field assignments involving the In this role, you will have the opportunity to generate a detailed production schedule based on the production plan to maximize the use of resources and meet established production specifications and schedules. Each day, you will feed information on production capacity issues and material availability. You will also showcase your expertise by releasing manufacturing work orders. As a Materials Planner, you will play a vital role in the procurement and logistics team in NEMA Motors – Motion in St. Louis, Missouri. Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, you will be responsible for the execution of materials inventory management activities such as in planning, ordering, scheduling, expediting and maintaining appropriate inventory levels to meet the needs of manufacturing’s production schedules. The work model for the role is: Onsite. This role is contributing to ABB’s NEMA Motors Division, in Saint Louis, MO.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required.
Microsoft Office products skills are required (Excel, Word, PP)
Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Nice To Haves

A Bachelor's degree in Business, Materials or Supply Chain Management is highly preferred.
Experience working in a manufacturing environment is desirable.
APICS CPIM, or an active plan for achievement is preferred
Lean and/or Six-Sigma certifications would be helpful
Candidates meeting preferred educational requirements or who have demonstrated experience in the field of Supply Chain or Supply Chain Management will be considered.

Responsibilities

Promoting and supporting facility safety initiatives and efforts.
Supporting manufacturing schedules by executing all aspects of materials planning, ordering, scheduling and expediting such as planning inventory levels, placing orders, updating orders, resolving order issues, and scheduling transportation and delivery of respective materials/commodities.
Managing stock transfers by checking orders/availability and coordinating with suppliers, and recommending production rescheduling when required.
Helping accomplish the facility’s inventory management objectives through effective management of raw, WIP, buffer and bulk inventories for respective materials/commodities.

Benefits

Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
Vision benefit
Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.