Production Planning Analyst

Job Description:

Job Title
Production Planning Analyst

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
The persons hired for the position of Production Planner will manage supply chain product flow to support customer requirements. Schedules procurement and manufacturing for a specified group of products. Reviews material flow parameters such as order quantity, lot size, make cycle frequency, replenishment interval, and recommends appropriate levels to support the business/customer requirements. Manages raw material and semi-finished inventory buffer quantities. Monitors and reports capacity requirements, special order and stock service levels.

Continuously works to improve the planning and scheduling process. Identifies ways to improve customer service, inventory investment, and supply chain efficiency to achieve measurable results; participates in implementation. The supervisor provides guidance and is consulted for assistance in problem areas and major changes to supply chain parameters.

As a Production Planning Analyst, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Lead cross functional projects across the business to effectively drive change in service, cost, and inventory.
• Develops and maintains operating rhythms to ensure smooth supply chain operations, aligning supply with demand.
• Maintains relevant planning master data and supports new product introduction and phase-in phase out material business processes, and associated change management processes.
• Provides a high degree of planning analysis to support decision making.
• Publishes and presents service and inventory metrics and results.
• Identifies and leads projects that improve supply chain speed and inventory investment.  Review and reports on project progress with management.
• Works closely with the business unit to understand customer requirements and forecasts.  Works closely with manufacturing to ensure alignment to business requirements by setting and maintaining sufficient inventory levels and lead times.
• Utilize Supply Chain tools and processes such as SAP, EWM, Power BI.
• Utilize Lean Six Sigma methodologies to improve service, inventory turns, and non-working inventory
• Utilize Supply Chain parameter management tools to optimize planning parameters (safety stock, lot size, EOQ, Loop & Supermarket, lead time)

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:
 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 3 (three) years of experience in supply chain, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, production, and/or customer service in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Proficient in Microsoft office – (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Experience with a Manufacturing Execution and/or Planning System (e.g. SAP, Proprietary, Oracle, JDA, etc…)
• APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) CPIM certification is preferred. If not complete at the time this position is assumed, the certification will become part of the employee professional development plan as agreed between management and the employee.
• Six Sigma Green Belt project experience and/or certification
• Experience with an ERP (e.g. SAP, Oracle, etc…)
• Experience in Lean Scheduling or Lean Manufacturing
• Experience with Microsoft VBA Macros, SQL, MS Cloud Apps (e.g. Teams, SharePoint, Power BI).

Work location: Monroe, North Carolina.

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

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