Planner

About the role

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.

Key responsibilities

• 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

About you

• Basic knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes
• Basic knowledge of production planning fundamentals, scheduling, materials requirements planning techniques and manufacturing control systems
• Basic knowledge of purchasing principles, techniques and philosophies
• Knowledge of basic computer applications such as WORD, Excel, PowerPoint and multiple business applications
• 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