Summary:

Master Planner position has the primary responsibility to review MRP and other requirements and also to schedule, release, and follow up on production orders that provide parts on time and support the master production plan and repair part requirements. This includes promising the delivery of parts to meet sales/service requirements. Identify internal bottlenecks, or PO delivery issues, and suggest possible action plan to the Resource Manager, Supply Chain Leads, Manufacturing Engineering Manager, or the Purchasing Manager. Timely distribution of production orders to manufacturing.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Proficient at planning and preparing production schedules for manufacturing based on project delivery requirements while taking product assembly sequence and lead times into consideration.
• Perform data analysis and make decisions on raw material supply and finished goods demand.
• Analysis of production specifications, production capacity, resource requirements, equipment and tooling required for production jobs.
• Coordinate and communicate with manufacturing engineering, department supervisors, production personnel, project managers, program managers, engineers to ensure production demands are met.
• Generation of workflow plans established by sequence and lead times.
• Plans sequence of fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations for guidance of production workers.
• Interact with manufacturing engineering on a daily basis to resolve issues regarding manufacturing efficiencies or additional information as requested from manufacturing, engineering, or project/program managers, while also tracking and monitoring status of work in progress, expediting if necessary.
• Daily duties will include creating and tracking work orders and monitoring priorities and delivery dates, expediting if necessary, reviewing production schedule and shipment schedules, completing status reports for production progress, work in process, and inventory.

Requirements:

• AA or AS degree in a business related field and/or 5-10 years of prior materials related experience.
• Must demonstrate excellent people skills, along with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be a team player and able to interface with all levels of internal and external customers worldwide.
• Must be self-directed, well organized, time management skills, and committed to customer service.
• Demonstrated knowledge of MRP and shop floor execution systems.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) experience.

Preferred Skills:

• Must be a self-starter demonstrating the willingness to address / resolve ambiguity and conflict within complex business change projects
• Strong oral and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate at different levels of the organization
• Stay current with new technologies and techniques as appropriate.
• Highly self-disciplined, detail and results oriented.
• Experience and track record of results developing and supporting high volume high, high mix operations.
• Ability to take guidance, direction and coaching.
• Experience with MS Office tools.
• Must have flexible schedule and willingness to monitor and support all assigned production processing with comprehensive and quick response solutions.
• Ideal candidate has five plus years in a planning/scheduling role.

Physical Requirements/ Environmental Conditions:

• The internal environment:
• Continue to improve our available to promise integrity and data integrity by reviewing and acting upon the changing demands in MRP and checking the data accuracy in our business system.
• Control inventory costs through good inventory practices and following business rules.
• Reduce total lead time of production and repair parts.
• Maintain data integrity for inventory balances and production orders.
• Promote a positive attitude and motivation among fellow employees.