Summary: The Production Control Planner I’s (PCP-I) primary responsibility to provide shop orders and information from the production plan to various departments using shop load and capacity metrics. Perform production control duties to ensure commitments to internal and external customers are met. The PCP-I focuses primarily on KHS USA’s Process equipment production.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand current shop load and capacity to create capacity plan to improve OTIF
• Using master schedule and various sources, provide production schedule for manufacturing, sub assembly and final assembly department;
• Evaluate incoming customer orders and provide lead time, quotes and commitment dates for process technology product line;
• Maintain the Master Schedule by gathering information from all departments through production meetings;
• Work with engineering , manufacturing and final assembly departments to ensure critical deadlines are met;
• Generate shop orders in the Company’s Enterprise Resource Planning system to fill the demand for process machines, customer orders and min/max orders;
• Revise due dates on shop orders to reflect shifts in demand and to keep production schedule current;
• Maintain shop order data: investigate discrepancies, resolve and close shop orders where necessary;
• Monitor and communicate progress of projects, customer orders and other assignments to appropriate parties;
• Acknowledge and execute Engineering Change Requests regarding process orders and supporting components;
• Generate and track shop orders to support the RMA, NCMR, ISR and Customer Down processes;
• Additional duties and responsibilities as applicable.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies

• Strong communication and networking skills across all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrates ability to work effectively and collaboratively in teams, across functional lines and with internal and external customers.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills. Able to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Able to develop alternative solutions through communications with other departments
• Self-motivated to set and achieve challenging goals.

Initiative - Takes independent actions and calculated risks; Looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; Asks for and offers help when needed.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma; Minimum of three years of planning experience in manufacturing or operations.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have mastery of MS office and database software, Inventory software, Manufacturing software, and Order processing systems.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

APICS membership, CPIM certification preferred

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.