Agency - Production Planner

Advanced Energy•Vancouver, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Planner is a temporary position for up to approximately six months, employed and paid through a staffing agency. The role ensures 100 percent on-time delivery of products to finished goods by AE’s committed shipment date. It 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. The role also minimizes investment in raw and finished material inventory where appropriate. The Production Planner plans, schedules, coordinates, and monitors products through the production cycle; aligns materials with production schedules; and works across management, marketing, sales, production, engineering, and purchasing to resolve schedule interruptions and material constraints. The role supports production control activities, coordinates Engineering Change Orders in production, and develops supply solutions for long-lead-time parts. The position is based in Vancouver, Washington, in a manufacturing environment that may be noisy and fast-paced. Tasks may involve repetitive motion and the use of electronic assembly equipment.

Requirements

At least 2 years of production planning or material management experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
The qualifications also specify a minimum of 3 to 5 years of production planning or material management experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
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.
ERP experience is required.

Nice To Haves

PCBA/SMT experience.
Experience in a high-mix/low-volume, pull-based manufacturing environment.
A proven track record of success and growth in positions of increasing responsibility.
Previous experience with SAP; SAP experience is identified as preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, schedule, coordinate, and 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, including master scheduling, production planning and coordination, shop scheduling and dispatching, material requirements and planning systems, work-in-process tracking, material and labor variance controls, and manufacturing performance reporting.
Approve quantities, schedules, and parts lists provided to material control to support timely and complete ordering, receipt, and issuance of production material requirements.
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.
Support 100 percent on-time delivery of products to finished goods by AE’s committed shipment date.
Understand business-unit capacity, identify constraints, and reduce product lead times and availability issues.
Minimize investment in raw and finished material inventory where appropriate.