07 - Planner

Celestica•Fort Worth, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Planner plans, organizes, controls, and executes production schedules for designated products, coordinating schedules around actual and forecast customer demand, product demand profiles, capacity, cycle times, urgency, and material availability. The role analyzes the effects of customer schedules on internal functions, maintains accurate information for materials requirements planning, and revises plans based on actual performance. It manages planning issues related to engineering changes and supports new-product introductions and product transfers by planning materials against project deadlines. The Planner communicates material availability, demand variances, and short- and long-term shipment commitments to customers and procurement, and coordinates resources to meet shipment commitments. The role monitors inventory, backlog, availability, exposure, and on-time delivery, and develops recovery plans when shipments are missed. It also improves planning and order-fulfillment processes, supports employees of North American Order Fulfillment (NAOF), and provides guidance, training, and expertise to other employees, sites, and departments. The position works independently on most assignments under general supervision, referring matters outside standard procedures to a manager or expert resource.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials, and processes.
Basic knowledge of production-planning fundamentals, scheduling, materials requirements planning techniques, and manufacturing control systems.
Basic knowledge of purchasing principles, techniques, and philosophies.
Knowledge of basic computer applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and multiple business applications.
Basic understanding of customer needs.
Good analytical and statistical skills.
Ability to plan strategically for coordinated production and delivery of one or several products.
Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy under tight deadlines.
Ability to evaluate, prioritize, and solve a variety of tasks to ensure timely and accurate completion.
Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
Two to four years of relevant experience.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; educational requirements may vary by geography.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, control, and execute production schedules for designated products, including program coordination.
Develop production schedules based on actual and forecast customer demand, product demand profiles, and customer knowledge.
Analyze capacity, board cycle times, request urgency, material availability, and other inputs to determine schedules.
Assess the internal effects of customer schedules on line scheduling, procurement, logistics, and shipping.
Ensure the quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plans; revise plans based on actual-versus-plan analysis.
Manage planning issues related to engineering changes to minimize cost exposure, excess materials, and risk to customer shipments.
Support new-product introductions and product transfers or de-transfers through materials planning and analysis against project deadlines.
Communicate materials availability throughout the product life cycle and provide procurement with information about demand variances.
Develop and communicate short- and long-term customer commitments to ship products, and coordinate resources to meet them.
Review and report on product inventory, inventory exposure, backlog, availability, and on-time delivery.
Develop recovery plans for missed shipments.
Lead continuous improvement of planning processes and facilitate development of outbound order-fulfillment processes and best-practice models.
Provide leadership and support to NAOF employees; make decisions about workload allocation and hiring practices.
Provide expertise on North American Order Fulfillment models and practices to other sites and departments.
Train and guide less experienced employees and, where appropriate, assign work.