Senior Associate, Production Planning

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Job Title: Senior Associate, Production Planning

Job Code: 40607

Job Location: Malabar, FL

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week

Job Description:

The Production Planner plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors products through the complete production cycle of mature production program (i.e., product line) units to meet requirements. Advises operations and program management of the status of work in progress & risks to meeting internal master schedule. Effective collaboration and coordination with manufacturing assemblers/technicians, material management, product line managers and quality are critical to the role.

Essential Functions:

• Develops, manages and optimizes internal master schedule for assigned programs in collaboration with Manufacturing Engineering and Material Management
• Releases work orders to production floor based on internal master schedule, material availability and current capacity; manages complex scheduling scenarios
• Monitors manufacturing conformance to master schedule using ERP systems and reports. Expedites needed make items based on master schedule
• Directly oversees operational measures including but not limited to efficiency, floor inventory accuracy, release on time and on time delivery. Reports variances and action plans to address.
• Manages and controls manufacturing floor stock for assigned programs; recommends inventory optimization strategies
• Advises management of work in progress status, material availability, and potential production problems involving personnel, equipment, materials and services; leads resolution efforts
• Coordinates scheduling of shared equipment and personnel with respective process owners
• Works under general supervision
• May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area
• May be responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
• May manage projects at this level with responsibility for the delegation of work and the review of others' work product
• Ability to obtain US government clearance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in a manufacturing environment either as a production planner, master scheduler, demand planner, and/or supply planner
• Experience using an ERP system with MRP & MPS capabilities.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, highly proficient in Excel (e.g., Excel formulas, V-lookups, pivot tables), Power BI and has skill in preparing tables, graphs, and charts.
• Experience Trackstar Front End, Cognos Reports, and MTS systems
• APICS Certification
• Lean Manufacturing Certification / Training
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management peers and subordinates

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