Production Planning Representative

Westlake•Rialto, CA

7h•$74,000 - $97,000

About The Position

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate. SUMMARY Working with internal customers from various departments, the Production Planner is required to effectively coordinate the production planning and scheduling activities to meet customer demand and achieve target inventory and service levels.

Requirements

Fluent in Spanish and English
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or related field
5+ years of supply chain experience
Must be able to travel to Mexico at least 50% of the time
Demonstrated analytical skills with ability to develop concepts in an actionable strategy and plan
Proficient computer skills in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
MRP experience is required.
Able to multi-task and display a high level of company/team spirit in a fast-paced environment
Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.
The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and very seldom lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, as normally it is based in an office.
Some of the work may be required in the operating units which can require usage of required PPE including safety glasses, hearing protection, etc.
May also result in exposure to outside elements and may require usage of stairs and elevators.

Nice To Haves

Experience with building reports/dashboard using Excel Power query or Power BI is preferred
Experience with SAP/JDE is preferred.

Responsibilities

Execute production scheduling while balancing mold strategies, customer requirements, lead time needs and the demand forecast.
Establish and communicate frozen schedules with Operations.
Coordinate products transfer among sites.
Be an advocate for and track schedule adherence at the plants
Enhance planning tools to drive scheduling process efficiency.
Monitor inventory level across plants and DCs; perform analysis to avoid out of stock or overstock according to ABC methodology.
Manage scheduling and inventory continuous improvement projects.
Review open orders in the ERP system to ensure order fulfillment.
Reports to management regularly and provides recommendations for better planning process and inventory control.
Collaborate with Manufacturing, Customer Service, Warehouse, and Shipping to meet customer requirements, including executing schedule changes in coordination with Operations and Customer Service and working with Customer service to improve on-time delivery.
Plan and prioritize operations to deliver maximum performance and minimum delay.
Schedule Make to Order items – includes establishing dates, defining minimum QTY, filling orders to meet required ship dates, and advises Customer Service team.
Work with Customer Service, Sales and Product Management to determine production priorities during conflicts.
Possess knowledge of master data to include material master, MRP, BOMs, routing and the ECN process.
Monitor and maintain MRP planning parameters for responsible manufactured items.
Other items assigned by Manager