Production Planner

Tennant Company•Minneapolis, MN

19d•Onsite

About The Position

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, logistics, engineering or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Minimum 2-4 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
Thorough knowledge of production, supply chain, inventory, and planning principles, practices, nomenclature, and procedures, sales order to revenue realization process, and integrated enterprise resource management systems preferred.
Experience working with manufacturing-based technology, processes and principles, including Lean manufacturing and project management practices, and understanding of influences on costs, gross margin, quality, and delivery preferred.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and an enterprise resource planning (ERP)/material resource planning system (MRP), SAP preferred.
Strong in MRP Knowledge and Production Planning and/or Material Control background.
A good understanding of Production/Assembly/Materials Control/Marketing/Customer Service, and Engineering and how they interface with one another.
Knowledge of production orders, sales orders.
Knowledge of S&OP and basic financial impacts.
Ability to problem-solve.
The ability to concentrate on tasks, make decisions and work calmly and effectively in a high-pressure, deadline oriented environment.
Be able to prioritize work daily, but be flexible to change as priorities dictate changes.
Willingness to be flexible with time and adjust to a changing work environment.
Ability to build and maintain positive relationships, both internally and externally, while maintaining a client service orientation.
Ability to use sound judgment and discretion in dealing with highly confidential information.
Consistent attendance.
Ability to take direction and accept supervision.
Ability to lead and mentor other associates.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, organize and accurately prioritize work, be detail-oriented, understand when urgency is required and use good judgment in varied situations.

Nice To Haves

Thorough knowledge of production, supply chain, inventory, and planning principles, practices, nomenclature, and procedures, sales order to revenue realization process, and integrated enterprise resource management systems preferred.
Experience working with manufacturing-based technology, processes and principles, including Lean manufacturing and project management practices, and understanding of influences on costs, gross margin, quality, and delivery preferred.
SAP preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage the production planning responsibilities for designated assembly lines.
Monitor production plan and make necessary adjustments.
Responsible for maintaining a specified assembly schedule determined by a monthly SIOP process.
Create and release production orders to assembly lines and provide necessary documents
Support assembly lines in all production planning areas.
Support and align with internal and external customers.
Work cross-functionally with Production Planning, Supply Chain, Material Handling, Assembly, Manufacturing and Engineering departments.
Effectively communicate changes to the plan to affected departments.
Escalate customer and sales requests that fall outside the agreed upon SIOP parameters
Ability to learn and perform reporting functions
All other duties as assigned