Production Planning

Performix•El Paso, TX

About The Position

This role involves managing the flow of materials between suppliers and the plant, ensuring materials are available for production, and meeting inventory targets. The position requires daily monitoring of MRP exception messages, expediting purchase orders, and providing priority to suppliers during crisis shortages. A key responsibility is the monthly review of vendor forecasts and open orders, along with updating purchase order due dates in SAP. The role also includes reviewing and adjusting MRP planning parameters such as safety stock, minimum lot sizes, rounding values, pallet quantities, lead times, and lot sizing procedures. Additionally, there is a quarterly review of replenishment strategies (Kanban, ROP, or MRP) and interface with MPS Planners and Production Scheduler. The position also involves following up on SAP Planning order exceptions (past due, expedite, push out, cancel), finished good production scheduling, publishing the daily production plan, and following up on production order status and barriers. This includes reviewing with kitting if they are having issues with material, checking if orders are converted in SAP, and converting planned orders to production orders if necessary. The role also involves reviewing missing parts from the release simulation to determine if production can start without them, creating a missing parts file, and requesting estimated arrival times from the Upstream team. Finally, the role includes releasing orders and preparing them for production, separating them by assemblies, and ensuring production schedule attainment.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Business
Experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP), ERP / SAP, production scheduling, and inventory management
Strong Microsoft Excel skills
Technical / analytical / problem-solving skills
Solid background in materials management / methodology
Adept at thinking on your feet, problem resolution, providing direction to multiple groups, resolving conflict, improving efficiencies, continuous improvement

Nice To Haves

Experience working with SAP desirable

Responsibilities

Work daily MRP exception messages
Manage flow of material between supplier and plant
Ensure materials are available for production
Meet the targets on days of inventory
Expedite Purchase Order with supplier
Provide priority to the supplier during crisis shortage
Monthly review of vendor forecast
Review Open order report with supplier
Update in SAP purchase orders due dates
Review and adjust MRP planning parameters such as safety stock, minimum lot sizes, rounding values, pallet quantities, lead times, lot sizing procedures, etc.
Quarterly review of the replenishment strategy Kanban, ROP or MRP
Interfaces with MPS Planners and Production Scheduler
Follow up to SAP Planning order exceptions (past due, expedite, push out, cancel)
Finished Good Production Scheduling
Publish Daily Production Plan
Follow up of Production orders status and barriers
Review with kitting if they are having issues with material
Review if orders are converted in SAP, if not need to start converting planned orders to production orders
Reviewing missing parts coming out in the release simulation to see if production could start working without them
Create missing parts file and request to Upstream team the estimate arrival time
Release orders and prepare them to production, separate them by assemblies
Production Schedule Attainment