What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planning Analyst position at MLC (formerly Mississippi Lime)?
Job Title: Production Planning Analyst
Why consider a career at MLC?
About The Job
This position will perform the production planning function across all MLC regional plants and terminals with a short-term focus of three-four weeks and a long-term time horizon of twelve weeks. It is instrumental in ensuring our production and loading operations are successful in maximizing on-time shipments and meeting customer needs.
Benefits and perquisites may vary based on the nature and location of each job.
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About MLC
MLC, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is a leading global supplier of high-calcium lime products and technical solutions. These offerings bring essential performance and value to a broad range of market applications, including metals, construction, chemical synthesis, water and emissions treatment, glass, textiles, plastics, rubber, agriculture, foods and beverages. With over a century in business, MLC has built a reputation on the quality of its products and services, as well as an unwavering commitment to safety, sustainability and service. The company’s expanding global footprint includes a diversified, reliable network of production and distribution facilities in the U.S., as well as in the UK through our Singleton Birch business. For more information, visit https://www.mlc.com/ .
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled
Why consider a career at MLC?
- Highly collaborative work environment focused on growth and innovation
- Safety and sustainability are top priorities
- Excellent compensation, benefits, generous perks; focused on employee wellbeing
- Great development and advancement opportunities
- Bring your real self to work, come grow with us!
About The Job
This position will perform the production planning function across all MLC regional plants and terminals with a short-term focus of three-four weeks and a long-term time horizon of twelve weeks. It is instrumental in ensuring our production and loading operations are successful in maximizing on-time shipments and meeting customer needs.
- Support MLC supply/demand planning efforts by monitoring and executing daily/weekly production plan and shipping schedules and assist in the prioritization of changes to those plans/schedules as necessary.
- Monitor daily and weekly customer orders. Maintain documents and spreadsheets as it pertains to production planning and scheduling. Help automate and streamline this process as appropriate. Confirm/maintain accurate inventories, needed true up actions, and receipts in IFS. Monitor truck shipping schedules for all plants on a daily basis. Monitor railcar loading and empty railcar supply/demand on a daily and weekly basis.
- Communicate with Sales, Customer Service, Shipping, Production Supervisors, and other MLC personnel as it pertains to production planning on a daily basis.
- Assist with prioritizing rail car releases as needed. Assist in updating capacity models as needed.
- Provide reports and feedback throughout the organization to support long-term MLC planning activities. Provide backup support for Supply Chain Planning Manager duties as necessary.
- Provide feedback to plant supervisors on a weekly basis to allow efficient scheduling of plant personnel.
- Work to streamline all business processes as appropriate.
- Employees are expected to perform other responsibilities as needed.
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or related field strongly preferred.
- Experience: Minimum of two years manufacturing operations experience required. Analytical modeling and forecasting experience preferred.
- Knowledge: Microsoft Office including Excel and Outlook required. IFS, Microsoft Teams, and GE Transportation RTT (Rail Track and Trace) preferred.
- Skills: Strong internal/external communication and writing as well as being detail oriented.
- Abilities: Ability to learn all customer requirements, production, and machine capacity. Able to work under minimal to zero supervision.
- Behaviors: Customer focused, results-driven, good attitude, and cost consciousness.
Benefits and perquisites may vary based on the nature and location of each job.
Click here for MLC EEO information (https://www.mlc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MLC-EEO-REAFFIRMATION-2024.pdf)
About MLC
MLC, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is a leading global supplier of high-calcium lime products and technical solutions. These offerings bring essential performance and value to a broad range of market applications, including metals, construction, chemical synthesis, water and emissions treatment, glass, textiles, plastics, rubber, agriculture, foods and beverages. With over a century in business, MLC has built a reputation on the quality of its products and services, as well as an unwavering commitment to safety, sustainability and service. The company’s expanding global footprint includes a diversified, reliable network of production and distribution facilities in the U.S., as well as in the UK through our Singleton Birch business. For more information, visit https://www.mlc.com/ .
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled
