Job Title: Sr Assoc, Production Planning
Job Code: 16442
Job Location: Rochester, NY
Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
- Performs planning and scheduling functions involved with coordinating products and materials through carious production phases. Implements planned production schedules, labor loading and capacity requirements. Reviews schedules to determine material and parts requirements to ensure materials are available according to schedules.
- Analyzes, plans, prepares, issues and controls production schedules and coordinates with material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of materials timed to meet production requirements. Analyze work order data, recommend adjustments to lead times, lot sizing and planning buffers. Manage and minimize obsolescence due to design and revision changes. Lead and participate in process improvement ideas and implementation.
- Plans, schedules and monitors the efficient movement of material from receiving through to production. Proactively develop risk mitigation strategies for critical material, long lead and historical delivery/quality items.
- Provides status of work in progress, material availability to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials and services are provided as needed. Oversight of new product introductions and redesign activities. Track and report on material status.
- Understand focused factory capacity including capital, manpower and time required to increase capacity. Make schedule recommendations to Business Planning based on demand and available capacity, production schedule, shop load and inventory requirements.
Qualifications
- Requires practical knowledge of job area. Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Demonstrated and proven record of showing a sense of urgency and an excellent ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
- Demonstrated record of problem solving.
- Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office. Proficient in ERP system set-up and use.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Driven and career minded with a desire to develop the production control and planning skills that are critical to a successful Production Planning/Supply Chain career.