Production Planner

Wabtec•Duncan, SC

11h•$68,900 - $98,200

About The Position

Production Planner Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com . It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make your and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology, and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry. How will you make a difference? The Production Planner is responsible for planning and managing production schedules to meet customer delivery requirements and best utilize the company’s productive capacity within the assigned Customer Fulfillment Unit (CFU). This position works with minimal supervision and must be able to work with people on all organizational levels inside and outside our facility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a business or engineering and/or a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a related manufacturing environment required.
Extensive computer experience working with MS Office; strong Excel skills are required (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, complex formulas).
Proficiency with MS Outlook as well as with an ERP software (Oracle preferred) is required.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to tactfully challenge the status quo
Solid conceptual and analytical thinking and proven ability to solve complex tasks with a high level of ambiguity, under time pressure
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Strong influencing skills and ability to build lasting relationships across multiple layers in the organization and able to gain the respect of cross-functional organization
Highly organized and able to deliver results through others
Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Proficiently and accurately prepares and manages detailed production schedules and status reports to meet customer delivery requirements
Releases work orders in the ERP system according to the schedule and prioritizes jobs for production optimization to meet company and financial requirements.
Monitor the sales backlog for his/her planner code
Liaison with OE & Aftermarket teams on loading and lead-time of all new Sales Orders
Sales order Entry and management.
Participate in Project meetings and provide materials availability status.
Support on PSI and preparing daily shipping priorities.
Possesses knowledge and understanding of the manufacturing processes.
Ensure customer satisfaction by achieving on-time deliveries of quality products.
Follow through special requests and expedites.
Identify potential late deliveries and plan recovery.
Communicate with Projects, Aftermarket, Operations, and Materials departments to smoothly coordinate scheduling changes.
Create, maintain, and update various spreadsheets and system information as needed.
Perform other duties within the scope of the position which may include quoting lead times for specialty items, document control, creating procedures, or other duties as may be assigned.
Raise issues to the Operations Manager as needed in a timely manner.