Production Planner

Celestica•Maple Grove, MN

About The Position

We are seeking a proactive and independent professional to join our team as a Production Planner In this dynamic role, you will be fully qualified to execute job accountabilities autonomously, leveraging your judgment to navigate moderately complex tasks and determine the most effective methods to achieve results. You will work within established professional standards, making decisions that directly impact operational schedules and performance goals. Building strong internal and external relationships, particularly with key suppliers and customers, will be crucial to your success. While you will work under general supervision, situations not covered by standard procedures can be referred to management, ensuring you have the support needed to thrive. In this role you wil be performing tasks such as, but not limited to, the following: Plan, organize, control and execute a production schedule for a designated product or products including program coordination. Develop production schedules based on actual and forecasted customer demand, product demand profiles and knowledge of the customer. Analyze inputs (e.g., capacity, board cycle times, urgency of request, material availability, etc.) to help determine schedule. Review & analyze internal impact (e.g., line scheduling, procurement, logistics, shipping, etc.) of customer scheduling. Ensure quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plan. Revise plans as required based on analysis of actuals versus plan. Manage issues associated with engineering changes to ensure minimal cost exposure, excess materials and risk to customer shipment. Participate in the introduction of new products and supports the transfer/de-transfer of existing products through planning and analyzing of common and unique materials in support of project deadlines. Communicate information on materials availability to support build plans throughout the product life cycle. Maintain knowledge of customer volume fluctuations and determines the materials required. Provide information to procurement on demand variances. Develop and communicates short- and long-term commitments to customers to ship products. Coordinate necessary resources to meet shipment commitments. Review and report on aggregate levels of product inventory, inventory exposure, backlog, availability and on-time delivery. Develop recovery plans if missed shipments occur. Lead continuous improvement of planning processes. Facilitate development of processes and best practice models for outbound order fulfillment. Provide leadership and support to employees of NAOF. Make decisions surrounding workload allocation and hiring practices. Provide expert role to other sites and other departments for North American Order Fulfillment models and practices. Provide training, guidance and may assign work to less experienced employees.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes.
Some knowledge of production planning fundamentals, scheduling, materials requirements planning techniques and manufacturing control systems
Basic knowledge of purchasing principles, techniques and philosophies.
Knowledge of basic computer applications such as WORD, Excel, PowerPoint and multiple business applications.
Ability to understand the needs of the customers.
Good analytical and statistical skills.
Capability to plan strategically for the coordinated build and delivery of one or several products.
A juggler with the ability to multi task while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
Evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, control and execute a production schedule for a designated product or products including program coordination.
Develop production schedules based on actual and forecasted customer demand, product demand profiles and knowledge of the customer.
Analyze inputs (e.g., capacity, board cycle times, urgency of request, material availability, etc.) to help determine schedule.
Review & analyze internal impact (e.g., line scheduling, procurement, logistics, shipping, etc.) of customer scheduling.
Ensure quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plan.
Revise plans as required based on analysis of actuals versus plan.
Manage issues associated with engineering changes to ensure minimal cost exposure, excess materials and risk to customer shipment.
Participate in the introduction of new products and supports the transfer/de-transfer of existing products through planning and analyzing of common and unique materials in support of project deadlines.
Communicate information on materials availability to support build plans throughout the product life cycle.
Maintain knowledge of customer volume fluctuations and determines the materials required.
Provide information to procurement on demand variances.
Develop and communicates short- and long-term commitments to customers to ship products.
Coordinate necessary resources to meet shipment commitments.
Review and report on aggregate levels of product inventory, inventory exposure, backlog, availability and on-time delivery.
Develop recovery plans if missed shipments occur.
Lead continuous improvement of planning processes.
Facilitate development of processes and best practice models for outbound order fulfillment.
Provide leadership and support to employees of NAOF.
Make decisions surrounding workload allocation and hiring practices.
Provide expert role to other sites and other departments for North American Order Fulfillment models and practices.
Provide training, guidance and may assign work to less experienced employees.