Planning and Control

Applied Materials•Gloucester, MA

4d•$64,000 - $88,000

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a Planning and Control employee to support production, inventory, process, or shop floor control and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) integrity. The role maintains SAP work-order release schedules to provide materials on time to manufacturing and engineering, analyzes shortages and work-order variances, and reviews MRP execution to ensure accurate supply-and-demand information and master scheduling requirements. The position works with manufacturing, engineering, Finance, and shop-floor teams to resolve work-in-process and material issues, support special engineering projects, and maintain accurate systems and inventory processes. It also participates in process-control activities, including identifying root causes and corrective actions from PCI reporting and metrics and driving cycle counting. The role has no supervisory responsibilities but provides informal guidance to new team members.

Requirements

Strong understanding of planning, inventory management, and manufacturing processes.
Expanded conceptual knowledge in the discipline and ability to broaden capabilities.
Understanding of key business drivers and ability to use that understanding to accomplish own work.
Ability to solve straightforward problems by analyzing possible solutions using technical experience, judgment, and precedents.
Ability to explain complex information to others in straightforward situations.

Nice To Haves

SAP
Excel
Smartsheet

Responsibilities

Maintain the SAP work-order release schedule to provide materials on time to manufacturing and engineering.
Reschedule and/or complete no-charge, all discrete jobs as required.
Perform pre-shortage analysis to increase component availability at the time of release and conduct work-order variance analysis.
Review MRP execution, reconcile supply and demand, validate master scheduling requirements, and ensure information accuracy.
Review and ensure proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
Perform regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy.
Participate in floor audits with Finance and resolve work-in-process (WIP) issues.
Attend production meetings and provide status updates on material shortage commit dates.
Work with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects and, as applicable, work with shop-floor work centers on shop-floor control activities.
Examine material variances, resolve problems where possible, and communicate more difficult problems to management.
Assist with setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems when necessary; assign appropriate expediting duties to expediters.
Participate in identifying root causes and corrective actions from PCI reporting and metrics, and drive cycle counting.
Provide informal guidance to new team members.