Production & Planner

Abbott • Des Plaines, IL

14d • $61,300 - $122,700 • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planner works under limited supervision to provide production planning and scheduling, inventory management, or distribution support to maintain production operations and customer product availability. The role analyzes planning requirements, schedules manufacturing operations, forecasts requirements, maintains planning-system data, and manages raw-material and work-in-process inventories. It also supports efficient material flow and recommends procurement strategies aligned with economic, supply, and quality goals.

The position is based at Abbott’s Des Plaines, Illinois location in the AMD Molecular division. The work shift is listed as Standard, and travel is not required.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree is preferred, or directly relevant technical experience sufficient to demonstrate the knowledge typically associated with the degree and experience requirement.
• One to two years of operations or distribution experience, or directly relevant technical experience sufficient to demonstrate the knowledge typically associated with the degree and experience requirement.
• Proficiency in Power BI and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical foundation.

Nice To Haves

• Previous operations experience.
• Exposure to manufacturing materials principles and concepts.

Responsibilities

• Analyze planning requirements and initiate appropriate actions to support the master schedule or independent demands.
• Schedule manufacturing operations to ensure availability of items under the planner’s control while minimizing negative impacts on manufacturing.
• Facilitate weekly ITP meetings with the CFT to align production needs with available capacity.
• Ensure work-in-process inventory availability.
• Forecast requirements and schedule production to meet them.
• Maintain and update systems to ensure the integrity of planning fields and files.
• Use personal computer tools to perform analysis and provide recommendations to management.
• Maintain raw-material and work-in-process inventories according to predetermined levels and targets.
• Recommend procurement strategies for internal and external supplies that support economic, supply, and quality goals.
• Translate raw-material needs into inventory plans and strategies.
• Manage material flow from external and internal suppliers through manufacturing channels to maximize production efficiency and minimize waste and customer impacts.
• Understand and apply manufacturing systems and interpret manufacturing requirements.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Employees may qualify for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, an affordable and convenient path to a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

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