Planner

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Plans, organizes, controls and executes a production schedule for a designated product or products including program coordination.
• Develops production schedules based on actual and forecasted customer demand, product demand profiles and knowledge of the customer.
• Analyzes inputs (e.g., capacity, board cycle times, urgency of request, material availability, etc.) to help determine schedule.
• Analyzes internal impact (e.g., line scheduling, procurement, logistics, shipping, etc.) of customer scheduling.
• Ensures quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plan.
• Revises plans as required based on analysis of actuals versus plan.
• Manages issues associated with engineering changes to ensure minimal cost exposure, excess materials and risk to customer shipment.
• Participates in the introduction of new products and supports the transfer/de-transfer of existing products through planning and analyzing of common and unique materials in support of project deadlines.
• Communicates information on materials availability to support build plans throughout the product life cycle.
• Maintains knowledge of customer volume fluctuations and determines the materials required.
• Provides information to procurement on demand variances.
• Develops and communicates short- and long-term commitments to customers to ship products.
• Coordinates necessary resources to meet shipment commitments.
• Reviews and reports on aggregate levels of product inventory, inventory exposure, backlog, availability and on-time delivery.
• Develops recovery plans if missed shipments occur.
• Leads continuous improvement of planning processes.
• Facilitates development of processes and best practice models for outbound order fulfillment.
• Provides leadership and support to employees of NAOF.
• Makes decisions surrounding workload allocation and hiring practices.
• Provides expert role to other sites and other departments for North American Order Fulfillment models and practices.
• Provides training, guidance and may assign work to less experienced employees.

Requirements

• :Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience
• .Basic knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes
• .At least 4 years experience as a planner in a manufacturing environment
• .Basic knowledge of production planning fundamentals, scheduling, materials requirements planning techniques and manufacturing control system
• sBasic knowledge of purchasing principles, techniques and philosophies
• .Knowledge of basic computer applications such as WORD, Excel, PowerPoint and multiple business applications
• .Basic understanding of customer needs
• .Good analytical and statistical skills
• .Ability to plan strategically for the coordinated build and delivery of one or several products
• .Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines
• .Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion
• .Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers