Supply Chain Planner
About The Position
The Supply Chain Planner has a key role within this manufacturer. This individual is responsible for all planning and scheduling activities related to all purchase orders once they are released to the manufacturing floor. This individual sets the plan and the priorities, the floor reports back on what actually happened, and the schedule gets adjusted from there. Position requires excellent multitasking and cross-functional communication skills with the ability to balance both near term and long-term actions applicable to the maintenance and ongoing improvement of supply chain operations.
Requirements
- Production planning and scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Working knowledge of an ERP system for planning and scheduling.
- Strong analytical ability and comfort working with capacity, run times, and delivery dates.
- Ability to adjust a schedule as conditions change and communicate what that means to the people affected.
- Willingness to work on-site and spend time on the production floor.
Nice To Haves
- Job shop, make-to-order, or engineer-to-order manufacturing.
- Custom equipment, fabrication, or machining background.
- Epicor. Strong experience in another ERP is welcome.
- Interest in growing into a broader planning and procurement leadership role.
Responsibilities
- Review Capacity Planning
- Inventory Management
- Maintain Production Schedules
- Maintain and monitor processes and schedules in EPICOR (ERP system in place)
- Make adjustments to work center selection and sequencing based on actual work loads
- Launch jobs on time and continue to keep the work flowing in the right direction
- Track available hours and work center capacity to flag where capacity is met
- Monitor bottlenecks and constraints
- Communicate with internal teams (engineering, purchasing, floor supervisors, stock keeping, inside sales)
- Coordinates as appropriate quality matters and engineering changes/developments between planning and shop floor
- Support on-time delivery, earned hours, and schedule targets
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
