Senior Materials & Production Planner

Acute Care TechnologyAt ZOLL, we're passionate about improving patient outcomes and helping save lives. We provide innovative technologies that make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Our medical devices, software and related services are used worldwide to diagnose and treat patients suffering from serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions.

The Acute Care Technology division of ZOLL Medical Corporation develops and delivers innovative lifesaving products and software solutions to EMS, hospital, public safety, and military customers globally. Products include AEDs, trauma kits, ventilators, temperature management solutions, and more. Our dedicated employees take pride in their commitment to improving patient outcomes while delivering world-class customer service.

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Job Summary

The Senior Materials & Production Planner position is responsible for analyzing production requirements generated by MRP, determining build quantities and issuing work orders to the production floor. Responsibilities also include but are not limited to: expediting materials in support of production plan, implementing ECO/BOM changes, providing materials status for projects, expediting parts with purchasing departments, producing recovery dates to customer service on constrained assemblies, and master schedule maintenance.

Essential Functions

• Lead and provides clear direction to a team of 1 to 3 Planners to ensure that daily tasks/needs are being completed in a timely manner.
• Manages projects.
• Responsible for generating reports and metrics in support organizational objectives.
• Interact with and provides support to the Global Planning Organization.
• Generate product line build plans in support of the Master Production Schedule.
• Monitor actual production versus plan and resolve scheduling problems through coordination with manufacturing, distribution, quality control, and customer service.
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of products and processes to ensure optimum manufacturing scheduling efficiency and effectiveness.
• Work with purchasing to expedite, reschedule or revise materials shipments to avoid disruptions in production while preserving ideal stock levels.
• Continuously update product line schedules in support of changes to the master production schedule, Engineering activities and sales order demand.
• Maintain and monitor accuracy of the Master Demand Schedule relative to demand.
• Maintain and validate the planning percentages used to drive features and product options based on the unit forecast quantities.
• Incorporate new products into the forecast and master production schedule.
• Establish and maintain, as appropriate, a cross-functional communication network across the business with an emphasis on real-time interaction to assure product supply meets current customer demand.
• Coordinate Weekly backlog review meetings with members of the Customer Service. Provide material insight and production support as appropriate.
• Product scheduling information to customer service in support of backlog management and lead-time communication.
• Assist Manufacturing, Quality and Engineering with evaluation of Engineering Change Orders for effective implementation.
• Interface with various departs to ensure Engineering Changes are effectively implemented and existing stock is appropriately dispositioned prior to cut in.

Required/Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 8-10 years Materials / Production Planning experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of relevant automated ERP functionally including planning, bills of materials and inventory management
• Oracle experience is preferred
• Proficient in MS Office
• The desire, willingness and ability to work in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment
• Must be mathematically inclined, with an analytical aptitude

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Standing - Occasionally
• Walking - Occasionally
• Sitting - Frequently
• Talking - Occasionally
• Hearing - Occasionally
• Repetitive Motions - Frequently

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