The leading electronic measurement company who is also on the forefront of technology innovations. This role is for Planning Representative - Intermediate (Mfg. Proud) and we are looking for candidates to collaborate with Tellus Solutions to create innovative solutions and to fulfill on our client's mission.
Job Description:
Duties:
- A creative and flexible individual to continue mastery of planning activities for our New Product and production at our Santa Clara location.
- The successful candidate will need to have a good understanding of production planning, NPI and master scheduling and know how to interact with cross functional teams to drive plan execution.
- The role will be responsible for performing production planning/NPI activities around making a weekly and monthly production plan and translating to the day-to-day production schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Create, maintain and communicate a weekly production schedule using capacity, material constraints, and demand as inputs.
- Manage assigned NPI/Sustaining projects at both strategic and tactical level
- Monitor production progress and adjust schedules as needed, to meet changing demands.
- Manage shipment schedule to meet customer delivery commitments.
- Provide guidance on production capacity, lead times, and volumes to support Sales and Operations. Identify potential capacity bottlenecks that will affect the build plan.
- Manage work orders generated from the MRP run and ensure they seamlessly get created and communicated to relevant team members.
- Build and maintain communication relationships with cross functional teams to manage supply and demand issues, resolve work order variances and establish and track root cause.
- Evaluate current process and recommend continuous improvement to evolve process
- Execute ECO implementation requirements.
- Determine and manage potential line shortages by analyzing build schedules, shortage reports, on hand inventory reports and supplier delivery information.
- Escalate Potential issues or target misses where necessary to management
- Perform other tasks as assigned
Skills:
- Experience in production planning, master scheduling, materials management, or material planning in a manufacturing environment
- Proficiency in MS Excel, including ability to maintain and enhance Excel-based material shortage reports.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks based on demand.
- Ability to present build plan/schedule status effectively in weekly program/executive meetings
- Open-minded, collaborative and team-oriented attitude. Self-motivation and resourcefulness
- Education:
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Operations Management, or other related field or equivalent experience PLUS 5 years of related experience in materials management, production planning, scheduling, material planning, or purchasing in a manufacturing environment.