Purpose of Position. Meet customer's expectations of on-time delivery. On a daily basis, assures customer orders are acknowledged utilizing available resources and materials management techniques. Maintain raw material flow from vendor/supplier by establishing partnerships. Interfaces between production and customer service representatives. Support department and organization growth by analyzing constraints and suggesting projects to implement solutions, as well as meeting the department objectives on more complex product families.
Major responsibilities and tasks of the position. Analyzes customer order requirements and production capacity to acknowledge shipping dates for assigned production areas. Develops and maintains Master Production Schedule as required by the area supervisor. Monitors inventory levels and strategies to maintain at optimum levels, in order to optimize inventory turns & efficiencies. Interfaces with corporate customer service representatives (CSR's) on an ongoing basis. Creates, modifies changes as needed on the ASI system. Communicates issues/concerns related to schedule changes caused by design problems, capacity limitations, or material shortages to appropriate levels within the organization. Established and maintains communication with internal/external suppliers to improve lead times, and other issues pertaining to raw materials. Ensure these components are received and forwarded to the manufacturing facility receiving department accurately & in a timely manner. Ensure accuracy of lead times, safety stock levels, and other critical data are current through periodic ASI system. Coordinates production strategies with manufacturing to develop stock quantities to satisfy rushed customer orders. Attend & participate in the daily production meetings, as well as shift change over daily cross-functional PITS meetings. Other tasks as assigned by Planning Supervisor.
List the two most complex decisions indicative of this function and its impact on the function, department, and/or corporation. Secure raw material components from internal and external suppliers on a timely manner, based on sales expectations (forecast), as well as customer orders for all areas of responsibility. Ensure these components are received and forwarded to the manufacturing facility receiving department accurately and in a timely manner. Schedule the customer orders giving a promised ship date, according to the capacity of the lines, and raw material availability. Contribute and participate in Internal and External Audits in the department, as well as being responsible for the good results of such. Some examples of Audits are: ISO, TL, 5's, Safety, Sarbox, among others.
Minimum Knowledge and Skill Requirements. Education.
Bachelor's Business Administration degree or related field
Work Experience
2-4 years planning experience.
Experience with AS/400 MRP II and/or SAP systems
Analytical team player with excellent problem-solving skills
Additional Skills
#J-18808-Ljbffr
