Materials Planner

What will you do? The Planner is responsible for overseeing the planning and scheduling of production activities to ensure efficient operations and timely delivery of products. This role involves coordinating with various departments, analyzing inventory levels, and optimizing resources to meet customer demands. What skills and capabilities will make you successful?

• Direct order entry and planning activities to meet customer specifications and delivery requirements within capacity limits.
• Plan, schedule, and prepare details for production work orders, including product specifications, material requirements, routing, quantities and release and shipping dates.
• Develop and maintain production schedules based on demand forecasts, inventory levels, and capacity constraints.
• Collaborate with production teams to ensure alignment with manufacturing capabilities.
• Process and prioritize customer orders, ensuring timely fulfillment.
• Revise and adjust orders weekly to reflect updated date for Open Work orders.
• Ensure orders are managed to handle rush priorities, material shortages, vendor delivery failures and customer cancellations.
• Establish manufacturing lead times for regular orders in conjunction with Manufacturing.
• Assist in projecting delivery dates for new orders.
• Escalate any issue increasing the LT for the manager.
• Update the Customer ESW system as required.
• Utilize the JDE materials information system.
• Coordinate the shipment of materials to other plants based on availability.
• Analyze production data and performance metrics to identify trends and areas for improvement utilizing accurate scheduling, data, and root cause analysis.
• Prepare and present reports on production plans, inventory status, and order fulfillment rates to management.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and cost savings with continuous improvement practices.
• Review and escalate material plan to support Work Order Schedule and any shortages that might be impacting schedule.
• Compile and prepare orders for inventory as needed to comply with schedule.
• Be the main point of contact for Reynosa Supply parts, SIM and DSR meetings.
• Issue requisitions for new and special materials and subcontracted parts as needed.
• Follow up daily with Purchasing on Open Shortages
• This position will interact with all levels of employees as well as customers and vendors.
• Work closely with Production, Sales, Purchasing, and Supply Chain to communicate risk of shortages and plan to ensure proper supply.
• Work with production and engineering on scheduling and deviation to resolve potential shortages.
• Daily communication with production / shipping on Critical orders.
• Work closely with Cycle Counters for any part discrepancy.
• Provide updates to management team on production status and address any issues affecting order fulfillment regarding shipping dates, escalated critical parts, critical materials, customer satisfaction and responding to customer requests within 24 hours. What's in it for you?
• Paid Holidays and PTO Program
• Employee Recognition Rewards
• Company Matching Personal Charitable Donations
• Safety Shoe and Safety Prescription Glasses Voucher Program
• Tuition Reimbursement for Qualifying Programs
• Company Discount Portal
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance provided by Company
• Well-being Program providing the ability to earn rewards
• 401(k) Company Match Schneider Electric offers a robust benefits package to support our employees such as flexible work arrangements, paid family leave,401(k) match, and more. Click here to find out more about working with us : http : / / se.com / us / careers What qualifications will make you successful for this role?
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with MRP systems is required.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred; two plus years or more related experience and / or training
• Excellent PC and system knowledge, including the ability to analyze data within an MRP system. Let us learn about you! Apply today. You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled. Looking to make an IMPACT with your career? When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us. IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world. We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one. Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric - apply today! €36 billion global revenue 13% organic growth 150 000 employees in 100 countries #1 on the Global 100 World's most sustainable corporations You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled. Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and 'inclusion' is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices. You can find out more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here and our DEI Policy here At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.