Agency - Production Planner

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc • Vancouver, WA

3d • $38 - $41 • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planner ensures 100 percent on-time delivery of products to finished goods according to Advanced Energy’s committed shipment dates. The role improves the company’s ability to meet customer delivery requirements by understanding business-unit capacity, identifying constraints, and actively reducing product lead times and availability issues. It also seeks to minimize investment in raw-material and finished-goods inventory where appropriate.

This is a temporary position employed and paid through a staffing agency, for up to approximately six months. The position is located in Vancouver, Washington, in a manufacturing environment that may be noisy and fast-paced. Many tasks involve repetitive motion and use of electronic assembly equipment.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of production planning or material management experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment; the posting also specifies a minimum of 3 to 5 years of such experience.
• Ability to present ideas clearly and persuasively, orally and in writing.
• Ability to respond quickly, decisively, assertively, and professionally to changing demand, product descriptions, and material requirements.
• Excellent judgment and initiative, including the ability to balance multiple priorities effectively.
• Experience in a high-mix/low-volume, pull-based manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record of success and growth in positions of increasing responsibility.
• ERP experience is required.

Nice To Haves

• PCBA/SMT experience is ideal.
• Previous experience with SAP; SAP experience is also identified as preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, coordinate, and/or monitor final approval of products through the complete production cycle.
• Coordinate production plans to ensure materials are provided according to schedules.
• Provide input to management and schedule or interface with marketing, sales, production, and engineering managers.
• Resolve labor and material shortages, backlogs, and other potential schedule interruptions, including those caused by design changes.
• Develop and implement production control functions, which may include master scheduling, production planning and coordination, shop scheduling and dispatching, material requirements planning systems, work-in-process tracking, material and labor variance controls, and manufacturing performance reporting.
• Approve quantities, schedules, and parts lists provided to the material control organization to support timely and complete ordering, receipt, and issuance of production materials.
• Coordinate and implement Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) in production.
• Analyze long-lead-time parts and work with purchasing to develop custom supply solutions, such as point-of-use material, line-side stocking, kanban, and min-max supply.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed