Production Planner

Agilent Technologies•Wilmington, NC

8d•$82,480 - $128,875•Onsite

About The Position

This position is at our Wilmington, Delaware (Little Falls) site, located midway between Baltimore and Philadelphia. At this site we have 800 people inventing, designing, building and marketing products that lead the market for chemical analysis. Our products are frequently behind the headlines in the news, from environmental regulations to new drug discoveries to Homeland Security. You'll even see our instruments on television shows like "CSI" or movies such as “Avengers”. The production planner will develop, integrate, and take ownership of operational plans that include diverse products and processes. The planner will liaise with many functions to communicate and implement business operation plans and strategies throughout the product lifecycle, including new product introductions. The planner is responsible for coordinating activities relating to assuring material requirements, labor, and test capacity are in place to meet customer demand. The planning role will be responsible for ensuring material availability of finished goods to meet a high level of customer service and order fulfillment. Projects will be a regular part of the work requirements of this position. These projects have varying durations spanning from a single day to year long.

Requirements

Understanding of MRP types, MRP methodologies, and how to utilize MRP types for various business requirements
Experience and understanding of forecasting and the use of various forecasting models to best predict demand
Proficient with statistics, data analysis, and data-driven root cause analysis
Bachelors, Masters, University Degree or equivalent in business or technically related field
4+ years of related experience
Experience with Microsoft Excel
SAP ECC and ERP experience

Nice To Haves

Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
Project management experience
Experience with S&OP

Responsibilities

Creates product build schedules for Manufacturing and material demand plans for Procurement, working across the order fulfillment process to integrate customer demand with production and supply chain capability.
Develops and implements production planning policies, standards, guidelines, technology and procedures.
Identifies and drives planning improvement projects.
Represents the business organization in providing solutions for projects.
Executes ramp-up / ramp-down demand planning for New Product Introductions, version changes, phase out / obsolescence.
Reviews, reports, and monitor inventory levels, backlog, and product availability in accordance with business objectives.
Work across world time zones to correctly position global inventories of materials and escalate material issues and corrective actions to the world-wide Order Fulfillment teams.
Ensures that customer requirements are understood by all stakeholders and manufacturing gaps are addressed to support customer needs.
Represents the product line as a contact on major policies, plans, and objectives.
Communicates with Order Management team to address urgent customer orders and material shortages.
Uses enterprise resource planning (ERP) system(s) for processes such as demand planning and forecasting, production scheduling, inventory and materials management, workflow management etc.
Analyze Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Material Master data for accuracy and adjusts system parameters to achieve desired results.