What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner position at Barnes Group?
Barnes has an exciting and challenging career opportunity for a Production Planner in its Force and Motion Control SBU, Maumee, OH. If you are a talented, self-driven and high- energy individual to serve as Production Planner for ASRaymond, this position is for you. This will be a challenging and rewarding opportunity for the right candidate who will contribute as a member of the supply chain and operations team.
Core Responsibilities:
- Manage work order creation, processing, and filing to ensure customer on time delivery is met.
- Identify, plan and resolve inconsistencies and gaps between demand and supply, communicating potential problems across departments and management, ensuring high customer on time delivery.
- Analyze load of future work against anticipated and planned events with goal of “level-loading” manufacturing operations.
- Develop production schedules and monitor the MPS/MRP system for due dates for both production and materials.
- Manage item setup and routes to support operations, including lead times and order policies
- Monitor excess inventory, create action plans and execute to reduce.
- Send open purchase order report to suppliers to confirm delivery schedules and manage PO due dates in the ERP system.
- Manage and resolve discrepancies with supplier invoices to ensure payments are completed on time
- Resolve shipment issues with suppliers, receiving issues, packaging standards, etc.
- Approve supplier shipments and reviewing for expedited deliveries as needed.
- Knowledgeable of company procedures and ensures compliance.
- Performs all other assignments as requested by management.
- Acts in accordance to Barnes Group Code of Conduct
Qualifications:
- Confident self-starter who demonstrates passion and ownership
- Strong communication skills, verbal and written
- Continuous Improvement Mindset.
- Understanding of materials management theory and practices
- Experience with Microsoft Office package including Outlook and Word
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel – Vlookup, Pivot Tables, etc
- Ability to adapt to continually changing environment
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Education Requirements:
- Associate’s degree in relevant discipline AND minimum 3 years’ relevant experience, required
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Operations, or equivalent, preferred
