Production Planner

VIAVI Solutions•Santa Rosa, CA

29d

About The Position

VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) has a 90+ year history of technical innovations that have evolved to keep pace and address our customer’s most pressing business issues. We make equipment, software, and systems that help to plan, deploy, certify, monitor, and optimize all kinds of networks - like those for mobile phones, service providers, large businesses and data centers. And, we are also at the forefront of optical security – we bend light to develop and deliver optical solutions that provide security to the world’s currencies and safety and performance applications for consumer electronics and spectrometry. We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected – at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are fierce about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company - to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers. Position Summary: The Planner/Scheduler position is responsible for scheduling and monitoring production and capacity planning for manufacturing in support of customer demand. Key Interfaces: Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Program Manager, Shipping, Receiving, and Quality.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or equivalent work experience preferred.
Strong interpersonal skills, able to communicate and collaborate with cross departmental functionalities easily and effectively.
Strong team building skills.
Able to operate with undefined and non-traditional planning processes.
Strong problem-solving and Continuous improvement skills.

Nice To Haves

Strong system proficiency with Oracle R12, OBIEE, Tableau, IBM Notes, TEAMS, and advanced Excel skills preferred.
APICS or ISM education/certification preferred.
Six Sigma &/or Continuous Improvement experience, education, or certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Review Sales Orders, Capacity and Material requirements, Update Sales Order W/Promise & Schedule Date.
Pull-ins, Pushouts, Release & Apply Holds & Reasons; Provide work in process status updates against demand commitments.
Monitoring & Documenting Sales Order Risks.
Prepare & Monitor manufacturing schedules to balance and optimize factory workloads.
Model various demand loads through manufacturing resources to determine bottlenecks, staffing requirements, and finished goods availability.
Create and manage work orders for finished goods and sub-assemblies.
Review work order variances during work order close process.
Determine and monitor material requirements.
Track material availability to assure alignment to manufacturing requirements.
Plan production builds using lot sizing, safety stock and strategic and consignment inventory guidelines.
Monitor inventory levels and usage on key commonly used materials.
Work with cross departmental functions to balance resources, customer requirements, and revenue goals.
Provide advance notice on delivery and revenue risks.