Production Planner

nVent•Anoka, MN

4d•$62,900 - $116,900•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planner analyzes component availability and value stream workload to assign accurate delivery dates for customized products, optimize production schedules, and monitor progress. The role collaborates across operations, procurement, planning, customer service, engineering, program management, and other partners to resolve issues, respond to customer inquiries, support sales and operations planning, and keep operations and management informed of critical situations. The position maintains accurate inventory and order records, reviews forecasts, processes order changes and cancellations, and addresses excess and obsolete inventory. It develops part-planning strategies, coordinates component availability and lead times with buyers and partner plants, and establishes executable production schedules and sequencing. The planner also supports new product implementation and on-time program launches. The role identifies and resolves capacity, material, equipment, and quality issues; improves promise-date accuracy; develops schedule contingencies; and analyzes production-attainment misses to identify root causes and corrective actions.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, materials, or supply.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Experience with conflict resolution and project management.
A bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, or a related field is preferred, or equivalent experience; a combination of education and experience will be considered.

Nice To Haves

Experience with JD Edwards ERP or other ERP systems.
CPIM certification through ASCM.
Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Analyze component availability and value stream workload to assign accurate delivery dates for customized products, optimize production schedules, and monitor progress.
Collaborate with buyers, operations, planning, and other functions to resolve issues, handle customer inquiries, and provide input to sales and operations planning.
Solicit feedback, initiate corrective action, coordinate issue resolution, and keep operations and management informed of critical situations.
Provide daily direction and prioritization to operations, program management, procurement, customer service, engineering, SIOP, and other partners in alignment with the published production plan.
Maintain accurate records, review forecasts, and process order changes and cancellations.
Identify excess and obsolete inventory, determine root causes and disposition, and take corrective action.
Develop and implement strategies to improve efficiency and minimize human involvement in part planning.
Coordinate with buyers and partner plants on component availability and lead times, and work with the production planning team to establish production schedules and optimal sequencing.
Support and take action to drive new product implementation and successful, on-time program launches.
Identify and resolve capacity and load issues, material constraints, and equipment or quality problems.
Drive improvements in order promise-date accuracy across multiple value streams.
Develop production schedule scenarios and contingency plans when issues prevent schedule execution.
Analyze daily and weekly production-attainment misses, identify root causes, and develop action plans for future improvement.