Production Planner

Responsibilities:

• The Planning & Scheduling Specialist (SC) works closely with Forecasting, Operations Planning, and Procurement Planning functions, reviewing and adjusting demands at a global and local level, compiling long and short-term capacity plans, and ensuring Supply Chain planning designs are set to achieve global service and inventory objectives.
• Create operational schedules based on throughput, customer service, and all other company and/or departmental goals.
• Use SAP APO or other scheduling software techniques to optimize production schedules.
• Analyze planned orders, requirements, and system designs with a view to global MilliporeSigma supply chain impact; convert planned orders to purchase requisitions or process orders as necessary.
• Identify scheduling constraints and test various methods and strategies in order to reduce or eliminate those constraints (i.e. bulk size, availability, fill time, warehouse space).
• Develop SAP generated reports various performance measures to identify opportunities for refinement of strategies, process improvement, and testing.
• Ensure a balanced load of work for production while allowing for flexibility with Bulk/Spec orders and minimizing WIP to ensure low cycle times.
• Manage SAP exception messages and act on recommended plan changes including expediting or rescheduling process orders and purchase orders.
• Schedule and maintain Top products to 99% service level. Enforce inventory approval policies.
• Work closely with purchasing and production to ensure bulk availability and packaging requirements including supplies.
• Work with global planning teams as needed to ensure planning designs and requirements are coordinated across the entire supply chain.
• Analyze inventory and forecast status in order to provide superior customer service.
• Analyze reports and participate in projects to eliminate backorders, optimize inventory and increase customer service.
• Evaluate, test, recommend and/or implement changes that could improve service, cycle time, throughput efficiency, inventory levels, etc.
• Manual data entry of forecast and demand information to GRASP and Access databases.
• Communicate effectively with multiple levels of management and with Sales and Marketing departments.
• Frequently explain SAP Planning policies and functions including how and why requirements are generated to personnel not necessarily familiar with that part of business.
• Maintain and audit key SAP planning master data. Including, lot size, lead time, MRP controllers, special procurement keys, schedule margin key and purchasing type.
• Must develop excellent understanding of complex processes from beginning to end and all steps in detail in order to perform trouble shooting and process improvement effectively.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proficient in spreadsheets and databases, data analysis.
• Working knowledge of SAP strongly preferred.
• Scheduling techniques and material requirements planning knowledge and experience.
• Knowledge of ISO standards in documentation preparation.
• APICS certification preferred.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $30.00 - $35.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Demand planning: 3 years (Required)
• Production planning: 3 years (Preferred)
• MRP: 3 years (Preferred)
• SAP APO: 3 years (Preferred)
• Forecasting: 3 years (Preferred)
• Procurement management: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• APICS Certification (Preferred)

Location:

• St. Louis, MO (Required)

Work Location: Remote

Salary : $30 - $35