What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Planner position at James Hardie?
James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie® products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3,000 employees across operations in North America.
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The Production Planner is accountable for daily detailed scheduling and production plans for one of James Hardie's manufacturing facilities (Pulaski, VA) using SAP's Advanced Planning Optimization (APO) system. The Production Planner delivers a high level of outbound order service for their production plant while also creating a schedule that maximizes uptime and minimizes cost. The incumbent plays a key role between customer service, manufacturing, and logistics by ensuring an effective flow of communication regarding product availability, execution of optimized planning and minimization of inefficient freight.
What You'll Do :
Provides detailed scheduling production plans for multiple production lines using an APO planning platform to maximize customer service :
- Providing timely delivery of daily production plans while adhering to planning best practice methodology.
- Providing proactive communication with key plant personnel to ensure adherence to schedule and processes.
- Collaborating with plant personnel to develop plan of action for shortages including scheduled and unscheduled downtime to ensure high customer service.
- Manages all planning tools including master data to execute effective planning resulting in timely service and reduce / avoid excess and obsolete inventory.
Optimize production plans to provide the least amount of downtime and lowest cost for the manufacturing facility while maintaining key business priorities and service :
Provides adhoc analytical and project support to the manufacturing operations team to help drive continuous improvement around machine performance and / or plant costs.
What You'll Bring :
What You'll Receive :
At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.
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James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, genetic information, veteran's status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.
