Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Operations Planner will be responsible for:
• Planning and Scheduling Factory Floor Activities
• Capacity planning: To ensure resources are properly utilized (Work Centers)
• Provide Analysis for material that need to re-planned or re-promised based on material availability (i.e. Short Stock)• Work with Customer Care to ensure Shop Orders and Picking is taking place to support Book and Burn (Stock Items Needs)
• Work with Purchasing on Supply Expediting need to ensure that material delivery is on time
• Work side by side with Warehouse Manager on processes and activities for manufacturing and non-manufacturing materials, including, receiving, storage, inventory accuracy, material disposal, and shipping task(s)
DUTIES:
Operations Planning: Review and oversight of ERP planning functions to ensure parameters are optimized for accuracy and execution; ensure effective management of order intake and delivery to meet customer demands and inquiries.
• Maintenance and distribution of delivery date planning tools (i.e., overview sheet, IFS) to allow for accurate and responsive customer order (CO) promise date confirmations.
• Develop plans according to forecast and sales orders.
• Review conventional order inquiries and provide feedback on lead times; point of contact for conventional order inquiries and order status updates; may interface with customers as required.
• Create and manage COs, distribution orders (DOs) and shop orders (SO) as required to fulfill internal and external demands.
• Create & manage weekly production schedules for DSG to satisfy customer delivery requirements.
• Manage ERP inventory planning level demands in alignment with available staffing, work center capacity, and raw material availability.
• Review/maintain accuracy of inventory via cycle count results and analysis; comment on any improvements to the BOM accuracy; coordinate with the purchasing group as needed.
• FPO management: daily review/correction of transaction errors, review FPOs prior to closing and investigate/correct variances to established standards.
• Data review and reporting: standard accuracy assessment, monitor scrap reporting to ensure scrap accuracy, review cycle count activities and report results for root cause determination.
• Continuous weekly performance and schedule adherence feedback/reporting to the operations team; analyze areas of opportunities.
• Collaborate with the sales, production, distribution and purchasing teams to mitigate supply concerns and to support revenue generation and cost reductions.
Continuous Improvement: Work with the broader planning team to promote continuous improvement and standardization of the “end to end” planning, scheduling, and inventory management practices in the Americas region.
• Maintain robust tools/processes for:
o CO/DO/SO dating
o CO/DO/SO ERP exception management
o S&OP Processo CO to DO to SO process flow
o Inventory management
• Collect, manage, and analyze relevant data to assess the effectiveness of the planning and scheduling functions.
• Review key metrics reporting for continuous improvement opportunities."
Human Relations: Interface and collaborate with personnel and functional groups effectively.
• Ensure positive employee relations and a commitment to safety.
• Develop and maintain positive relations with all customers (internal/external) for demand inquiries and order status updates."
REQUIREMENTS:
• Minimum 3 to 5 years experience within manufacturing in planning, logistics or related roles. - Must
• Relevant experience in materials planning, scheduling, logistics, or supply chain within a high-volume manufacturing environment. - Must
• Very strong computer skills with proficiency in MS Office products (Excel, Access) and ERP systems. - Must
• Minimum High School Education; University degree, preferred.
• Understanding of manufacturing operations and methodologies.
• Ability to manage and analyze data.
• Highly developed analytical abilities.
• Must be well organized and have strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to problem solve individually and as part of a team.