What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner Lead position at Infomatics, Inc?
About the Company
Infomatics, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the aerospace industry.
Main Responsibilities:
- Scheduling Management: Scheduling management, qualitative and quantitative monitoring of production dates
- Production Planning: Planning, scheduling, and maintenance of a sales plan and supporting production orders
- Work Order Development: Development of work orders based on start dates and maintenance of valid due dates through closure
- Can-Build Analysis: Development of Can-Build build analysis
- Analysis of pre-order entry requests for material and labor availability in support of customer requirements
- Maintenance and utilization of standard tools to manage short and long-term SIOP Capacity profiles
- Maintenance of optimized Inventory levels aimed to maximize customer service levels while increasing inventory turns
- Leadership of multi-disciplined Production Meetings
- Development of weekly and monthly sales estimates for assigned product lines
- Management of the Item Master (IM) Planning Parameters, supporting different replenishment strategies
- Shortage Management:
- Proactive identification, prioritization, and tracking of shortages
- NPI Collaboration:
- Preliminary planning bills of materials, coordination of prototype builds, and contribution to production readiness activities
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- University Degree and a minimum of 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years of experience or in the absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience
- Prior experience working within the aerospace industry in a manufacturing environment preferred
- Prior experience with production and/or material planning and forecasting operations preferred
- Advanced user of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to utilize formulas, pivot tables, etc. to manipulate large data sets
- Basic understanding of bill of materials and drawings
- Working knowledge of continuous improvement (Lean) activities is preferred
