Specialist, Production Planning

Kubota Tractor • Edgerton, KS

119d

About The Position

Conduct daily activities to support the receiving, scheduling, production, shipping, and billing involved in the final tractor assembly process, including M/TLB series and L series roll-on-roll-off (RORO). Provide customer service to our U.S. sales organization regarding product availability, delivery, and sales order maintenance. Coordinate activities with the Manufacturing Department, U.S. sales company, and 3rd party logistics companies to support daily assembly operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with Business area major preferred.
• In lieu of a degree, at least 3 years of experience in order shipping or supply chain with order processing required.
• With a degree at least 1 year of production planning experience within a similar industry preferred.
• Basic Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint) skills.
• Prior manufacturing experience preferred.
• Previous community involvement.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Cross train in a majority of operational duties to assure that at least two employees can perform every task.
• Train in SAP to support operational processes required for tractor final assembly.
• Conduct order maintenance and billing transactions to assure accurate, timely billing of assembled unit shipments.
• Schedule daily production according to plan, utilizing open orders and available stock, scheduling priorities such as oldest order, order type, and truckload planning.
• Monitor inventory levels of all needed products, coordinating with KIE Production Control and the U.S. sales company.
• Issue stock transfers to the U.S. sales company (NDC) and coordinate daily sequenced deliveries of tractors from the off-site warehouse.
• Perform annual physical inventory process, including counting, system input, and reconciling of variances.
• Support compliance of U.S. sales company SOX standards for accurate control of their assets.
• Write procedures and work instructions as directed.
• Additional duties assigned by management.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees