Production and Inventory Planner

The High Companies • Lancaster, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Production and Inventory Planner position is responsible for planning the production and inventory requirements needed to maximize production efficiency, minimize inventory investment, and meet customer service expectations. This role will plan, schedule, release, and track the flow of material requirements from Purchasing and Sales through Production to Shipping. This position functions as a critical liaison between the production, purchasing, demand management, and sales functions. It is a focal point among all departments to effectively communicate and help meet company goals and customer requirements, but specifically provides direction to the work center functions as it relates to production schedules. This is a 1st shift in office role.

Requirements

• BS degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Management, or similar accredited business degree.
• 5 years of hands-on work center scheduling in a fast-paced repetitive production environment.
• Ability to critically analyze current state situations and establish a future state vision.
• Demonstrated track record of process improvement.
• Can complement lean and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• Must possess strong mathematical skills and the ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
• Comprehensive working knowledge of ERP system software required.
• SAP experience strongly preferred.
• Understand the relationships between the production plan, sales plan, and overall business plan.
• Have knowledge of various methods to establish and work with bills of material (BOMs) and routings.
• Understand scheduling techniques (i.e. forward scheduling, backward scheduling, etc.).
• Have knowledge of techniques to manage infinite loading and finite loading.
• Have knowledge of how to manage load leveling and bottleneck scheduling.
• Understand how to implement and determine the appropriate scheduling technique to control capacity at work centers.
• Demonstrated ability to choose between alternative courses of action using data driven decision processes.
• Understands output of materials requirement planning (MRP), capacity management, and advanced planning system technologies.
• Understands the planning requirements for managing make-to-stock and make-to-order manufacturing environments.
• Has knowledge of performing cumulative lead time (stackup) analysis.
• Understands the purpose of a safety stock strategy. (techniques, why it is necessary, etc.).
• A self-starter, with the ability to multi-task and manage multiple concurrent responsibilities with little direction from his or her supervisor.
• APICS CPIM certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Establish mutually-agreed capacities at each work center or constraint by working with Production, Purchasing, and Sales.
• Establish inventory requirements at SKU level based on forecast and usage data.
• Monitor, analyze and report on schedule execution and inventory performance results.
• Ensure timely execution of all schedule requirements.
• Prepare an executable forward-scheduled production plan built upon a foundation of constraint management and finite capacity.
• Develop and articulate potential solutions to scheduling problems created by changing conditions.
• Understand and articulate tradeoffs of potential solutions to senior management.
• Attend daily production meeting for input and general knowledge concerning daily production plan.
• Proactively engage appropriate key Supervisors or Managers to act upon opportunities and problems as they arise.
• Notify appropriate Sales personnel if production schedule will not meet customer schedule requirements. At the time of such notification, expectation is that Production and Inventory Planner will also advise of appropriate recovery plan.
• Identify current planned level of demand, then create production plans and manage inventory as needed to meet the identified customer demand.
• Responsible for resolving conflicts that inhibit schedule execution.
• Interpret system generated action messages and make necessary changes to production and/or inventory plans.
• Effectively manage a portion of capacity in MPS for unplanned events.
• Create and maintain bills of materials and routings for standard stock items in our product offering.
• Determine available capacity before planned orders are released.
• Establish, measure, monitor, and adjust capacity levels to execute all manufacturing schedules.
• Measures schedule attainment.
• Responsible for allocation of inventory to all production orders.
• Minimize scrap and side cuts by combining like gauges or sizes with compatible processing.
• Track, count and reconcile finished goods and raw material inventories.
• Achieve optimal fulfillment, forecast and inventory turn results through the alignment of the appropriate processes, systems and people.
• Ensure an adequate supply of product to service customer needs while minimizing working inventory investment.
• Responsible for informing all Sales, Shipping and Shop Supervisors of any changes in the current schedule.
• Support and contribute to the success and maintenance of Policy Deployment / Value Stream Mapping / Rapid Improvement Events / Continuous Improvement Process Plans and executes special projects when assigned.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company match
• Tuition Assistance with 100 percent reimbursement for approved courses and degree programs which are job related and approved in advance by your supervisor.
• Employee Assistance Program
• High Family Foundation Scholarship
• Good Measure Award
• High Health & Wellness Center

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level