Job Title: Production Planner II

Location: Hickory, NC 28601

6 Months Contract

Client: Corning

Travel Requirements: none

Hours of work/work schedule/flex-time: Regular office hours: 8-5 M-F

Job Description:

Overview

Involves the overall planning, implementation and optimization of activities and support required for the delivery of products and services to our business partners, from materials/service acquisition through shipment. Primary areas of responsibility include: driving production order dating, scheduling, releasing to operations and pegging to shipments, supply chain related project work, and data analysis. A series of operations performed in planning, making and controlling the execution of customer requirements for assigned products. Maintains and controls the business strategies and system architectures to drive enterprise-wide solutions and create production plans (MPS) that are executable and driven to the plant with the highest accuracy via SAP.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Routinely report to management on status and performance for assigned products.
• Manage the master production schedule to drive materials for customer requirements and optimizing required production fluctuation and inventory levels.
• Coordinates demand recognition for new products in MRP for both new product introduction and product transfers between plants.
• Reviews, analyzes, and is accountable for compliance of delivery performance to the most critical and most strategic customer contract requirements by customer set.
• Coordinating plans and execution with Product Line Management (PLM), Plant Planners, Engineering and Plant Management
• Supports ongoing business team activities for assigned product line(s).
• Engages in materials coordination and capacity facilitation with divisional and plant procurement.
• Measure and compare actual production results against the production plan and forecast.
• Facilitate adjustments to ATP as required to reflect actual plant performance and realized production rates. Identify adjustments needed in resource allocations based on such changes.
• Support production planning/master scheduling activities, including order management, resource planning, delivery promising (ATP management), and production forecasting and reporting of actual manufacturing results vs. plan. Provide back up to certain planning functions.
• Serve as department liaison with the Production, Engineering, and Kaizen Departments.
• Work closely with production coordinators and team leaders to establish short- term and long-term expectations and execution of the production plan.

Qualifications

Required Education:

• BS in Supply Chain, Business or technical field

Required Years and Area of Experience:

• 0 – 3 years or relevant experience

Required Skills:

• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and solve complex problems

• Demonstrates Drive and Commitment

• Ability to change priorities and tasks as necessary

• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, business/manufacturing environment

• Computer Literate in MS Office

Desired Skills:

• Project Management

• Understand aspects of inventory management

• SAP knowledge and experience

• Ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks

Soft Skills:

1. Fluent in English

2. Strong oral and written communication skills

3. Adaptable and flexible

4. Able to work in a team environment