Planner

Eaton Corporation•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$82,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

Eaton’s IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a Planner for our Los Angeles, CA facility. The LA facility has approximately 300 employees and is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and delivery of Aerospace hydraulic components, systems and services to the global aftermarket and OEM markets. The Planner performs diversified duties related to MRP planning, scheduling, and expediting components in order to support strategic inventory goals and to ensure on-time delivery of customer orders while maintaining assigned inventory levels. Plans and coordinates future requirements through analysis and interpretation of current production status. Manages and directs priorities for the shop floor for a given product group while supporting the team and plant goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Minimum of two (2) years experience in supply chain planning, inventory control, purchasing, logistics, stockroom operations and/or shipping / receiving.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.
No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Los Angeles, CA will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting a manufacturing, operations or logistics environment.
Experience planning within the Aerospace or Automotive industry.
Experience with MRP systems.
Program Management experience and knowledge of MRO business.
Strong PC skills, especially in Microsoft Excel.
Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
Strong ethics and values and the ability to influence others’ decision making.
Ability to manage multiple projects/activities; results driven.
Process oriented and ability to contribute to continuous improvement.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to lead change in a team environment.
Ability to build effective teams; creative thinker.
Ability to deal with ambiguity and make effective decisions.
Ability to think strategically and influence others’ decision making.
Ability to quickly analyze, identify and implement opportunities and corporate initiatives for improvement that have measurable dollar impact each year.
Customer oriented.
Detail oriented.
Collaborative style and ability to work cross functionally.

Responsibilities

Initiate required documentation and / or system transactions to allocate, internally manufacture or reschedule material as required.
Plan and release work orders as required to meet customer orders while maintaining optimum lead time and inventory level.
Track critical items through SAP system to ensure revenue plan is met and PD continues to drop.
Proactively identify and report potential problems which will result in missing deadlines, or result in potential quality problems.
Perform clerical duties necessary to maintain work order WIP accuracy.
Drive shortage meetings with a cross functional team and expedite material where required to meet shortfall between current plan and customer order requirements.
Balance current and future demand requirements with manufacturing and supplier capabilities / capacities to ensure on-time completion of customer requirements.
Communicate close with Purchasing Team to ensure uninterrupted flow to support Master Schedule.
Create short term schedule to be shared with your value stream and ensure financial projections are understood and are being met.
Concentrate on OTD, OTR, Aging WIP, PD and QN markers at all times, driving proper actions and behavior within support team.
Work with cross-functional teams to clear up Quality issues and returns to customers (MRB & RMA).