Production Planning Specialist

Baxter • Batesville, IN

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. Your Role at Baxter This is where my hands make life-sustaining products As a Production Planning Specialist, you are responsible for ensuring customer demand is met by developing and maintaining production schedules that optimize manufacturing resources, inventory levels, and material availability. You serve as the central link between production, materials, sourcing, engineering, distribution, and network planning to ensure products are manufactured and delivered on time. Your Team You will be part of the Production Planning and Supply Chain team, working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment focused on delivering high-quality products to customers around the world. The team plays a critical role in synchronizing customer demand with manufacturing operations to ensure efficient production flow and exceptional service levels.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or (GED) General Education Degree
• 1-2+ years’ production control experience
• 2-3 years’ experience scheduling, procurement, customer service, or shop floor execution.
• In depth understanding of MRP and DRP processes
• General understanding of standard planning/manufacturing rules, procedures and processes.
• Strong communication skills both written and oral a must.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for an employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree Preferred
• Extensive knowledge of multi-level BOM structure is desirable
• Preferred proficient knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft applications, JDE, and Maestro

Responsibilities

• Schedule adequate number of resources to meet production requirements to fulfill all domestic and international raw material orders and ensure timely delivery to customers.
• Ability to multi-task while performing root cause analysis problem solving tools daily.
• Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
• Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with Centralized Network Planning Organization.
• Manage raw material work orders, communicate, track and report current status daily across the organization.
• Management of supermarkets and inventory levels as necessary both physically and systematically
• Ability to maintain system master data complete and accurate
• Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.
• Ensure parts are coded and routed to meet implementation dates of new products.
• Compile information, such as production rates and progress, materials inventories, materials used, on-time delivery misses, short shipments, or reallocations, so that status reports can be completed.
• Analyze and track on time delivery misses.
• Lead countermeasure activities.
• Develop and maintain a close partnership with Materials, Sourcing, Engineering, Distribution, Production and Centralized Network Planning Organization.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• 160 hours of Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays (Part-Time will be prorated based on the hours you work)
• 401K match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• commuting benefits
• the Employee Discount Program
• the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• childcare benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED