Production Planner

Description

Come join us and grow your career with CTG! CTG has worked with this international, Fortune 500 end-client for over 15 years! Apply with CTG for this exciting opportunity! 

 

CTG's premier client has a contract assignment for a Production Planner.

 

Type: Contract

Job Title: Production Planner

Location: Hickory, NC

*Candidates must be able to commute and work onsite in Hickory, NC*

Pay Rate: Based on experience

Work Hours: M-F 8am-5pm

Education: BS in Supply Chain, Business or technical field

 

A successful candidate in this position will possess strong soft skills as well as

• 0 – 3 years or relevant experience

Description

Involves the overall planning, implementation and optimization of activities and support required for the delivery of products and services to our business partners, from materials/service acquisition through shipment. Primary areas of responsibility include: driving production order dating, scheduling, releasing to operations and pegging to shipments, supply chain related project work, and data analysis. A series of operations performed in planning, making and controlling the execution of customer requirements for assigned products. Maintains and controls the business strategies and system architectures to drive enterprise-wide solutions and create production plans (MPS) that are executable and driven to the plant with the highest accuracy via SAP.

 

Requirements:

• Routinely report to management on status and performance for assigned products.
• Manage the master production schedule to drive materials for customer requirements and optimizing required production fluctuation and inventory levels.
• Coordinates demand recognition for new products in MRP for both new product introduction and product transfers between plants.
• Reviews, analyzes, and is accountable for compliance of delivery performance to the most critical and most strategic customer contract requirements by customer set.
• Coordinating plans and execution with Product Line Management (PLM), Plant Planners, Engineering and Plant Management
• Supports ongoing business team activities for assigned product line(s).
• Engages in materials coordination and capacity facilitation with divisional and plant procurement.
• Measure and compare actual production results against the production plan and forecast.
• Facilitate adjustments to ATP as required to reflect actual plant performance and realized production rates. Identify adjustments needed in resource allocations based on such changes.
• Support production planning/master scheduling activities, including order management, resource planning, delivery promising (ATP management), and production forecasting and reporting of actual manufacturing results vs. plan. Provide back up to certain planning functions.
• Serve as department liaison with the Production, Engineering, and Kaizen Departments.
• Work closely with production coordinators and team leaders to establish short- term and long-term expectations and execution of the production plan.
• Travel Requirements: none

Required Qualifications

Education

• BS in Supply Chain, Business or technical field

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and solve complex problems
• Demonstrates Drive and Commitment
• Ability to change priorities and tasks as necessary
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, business/manufacturing environment
• Computer Literate in MS Office

Desired Skills:

• Project Management
• Understand aspects of inventory management
• SAP knowledge and experience
• Ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks

Soft Skills:

• Fluent in English
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Adaptable and flexible
• Able to work in a team environment

Additional Information

• No third party resumes will be accepted
• Drug testing and/or other employment-related inquiries may be conducted
• CTG will consider for employment-qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws.
• All interested individuals MUST be able to work on a W2 Tax basis (no C2C or third party vendors)
• CTG is a