Production Planner I
About The Position
The Production Planner I develops and maintains short-, mid-, and long-term production plans for a specified business or manufacturing area at The Gleason Works. These plans support manufacturing, assembly, and sales order demands. The role participates in business projects, initiates process-improvement suggestions, and works with planning and scheduling customers to support productivity. The position uses SAP to create and modify production plans, process MRP, support capacity planning, and coordinate manufacturing schedules. It also supports strategic stocking, engineering change implementation, and resolution of demand conflicts. The planner uses systems and reports to inform decisions, communicates findings and recommendations, and develops planning and scheduling competency through training and related activities. This role is based in an office environment. No travel is required. The posting does not provide a salary range.
Requirements
- Demonstrated success in inventory management, production order process management, transactional controls in the Gleason SAP environment, and understanding of the Production Planning Process Model may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
- Application skills in a Windows environment.
- Microsoft Office skills, including Word and Excel.
- Outlook skills.
- Internet skills.
- No travel required.
Nice To Haves
- A two- or four-year technical or business degree.
- APICS CPIM certification; preferred and required for advancement.
- General SAP Demand Planning Module application skills.
- Advanced SAP PP/DD (Production Planning/Detail Scheduling) module application skills.
Responsibilities
- Develop and modify short-, mid-, and long-term production plans in SAP.
- Process MRP.
- Support detailed capacity planning where directed.
- Level load through scheduling, alternate routings, and support of strategic outsourcing.
- Coordinate manufacturing schedules to support the Machine Assembly Schedule and Service Parts requirements.
- Develop and manage strategic stocking strategies in conjunction with demand management plans, including lot-sizing and safety stock analysis.
- Support Engineering Change Order implementation.
- Support Machine Assembly & Qualification and Manufacturing in resolving conflicts that arise while supporting Service Parts demand.
- Provide direction and training to Production Control Coordinators and Inventory Control Specialists.
- Participate in presentations of plans to senior management and other personnel, as appropriate.
- Initiate suggestions for improvement, including reports, plans, and workflow.
- Use systems to generate data or run standard reports for decision-making.
- Summarize and communicate conclusions from reports and recommend improvements.
- Develop a thorough understanding of metrics that reflect production’s contribution toward company goals.
- Build relationships and communicate effectively with planning and scheduling customers, including the assembly floor, production floor, Service Parts, internal customer service, and national sales groups.
- Continue developing planning and scheduling competency through training, special projects, process-improvement ideas, trade association activities, and other informational and developmental opportunities.
- Process tasks assigned through the Issue Tracking Log (ITL) system.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the department manager.
Benefits
- Excellent benefits package including a 6% Company 401(k) match.
- Flexible scheduling.
- Tuition Assistance Program.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Formal and informal development opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
