Planning and Control

Applied Materials•Gloucester, MA

About The Position

Employees may specialize in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP) integrity Maintains SAP work order release schedule that provides material on-time to manufacturing and engineering. Reschedules and/or completes no-charge, all discrete jobs as required. Increases component availability at time of release by performing pre-shortage analysis. Performs work order variance analysis. Reviews MRP execution and ensures accuracy of information; reconciles supply and demand; validates master scheduling requirements. Reviews and ensures proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECO's). Performs regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy. Participates in floor audits with Finance and resolves WIP issues. Attends production meetings and provides status on material shortage commit dates. Works with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects. May work with work centers on shop floor control activities. Examines material variances, resolves problems where possible, and/or communicates more difficult problems to management. Assists in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems, when necessary; assigns appropriate expediting duties to expediters. Process Control - Participates in identifying root cause and corrective action from PCI reporting and metrics, drives cycle counting. Demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broadens capabilities Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work No supervisory responsibilities but provides informal guidance to new team members Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations

Requirements

SAP
Excel
Smartsheet

Responsibilities

Maintains SAP work order release schedule that provides material on-time to manufacturing and engineering.
Reschedules and/or completes no-charge, all discrete jobs as required.
Increases component availability at time of release by performing pre-shortage analysis.
Performs work order variance analysis.
Reviews MRP execution and ensures accuracy of information; reconciles supply and demand; validates master scheduling requirements.
Reviews and ensures proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECO's).
Performs regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy.
Participates in floor audits with Finance and resolves WIP issues.
Attends production meetings and provides status on material shortage commit dates.
Works with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects.
May work with work centers on shop floor control activities.
Examines material variances, resolves problems where possible, and/or communicates more difficult problems to management.
Assists in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems, when necessary; assigns appropriate expediting duties to expediters.
Participates in identifying root cause and corrective action from PCI reporting and metrics, drives cycle counting.