Production Planner/Master Scheduler 3
Job Description
Job DescriptionJob Title: Production Planner/Master Scheduler 3
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Duration: 06+ Months
Primary Function of Position
- This position is seeking a creative and flexible individual to help the Planning activities for the Instrument or Systems Manufacturing lines.
- Responsible for the overall status of order fulfillment and managing inventory levels throughout the manufacturing process.
- The candidate will work with multiple cross-functional teams, Manufacturing, Supply chain, Quality, Engineering, and other teams to achieve both tactical and strategic goals assigned.
- This by fully understanding production demand and supply needs, balancing operational goals while incorporating Lean Manufacturing principals, and identify and coordinate issue resolution and continuous improvement opportunities with other departments.
Essential Job Duties
- Support production activities and ensure maximum line up-time
- Resolve work order variances and determine/track root cause. Work with Cost Accounting for month end close
- Monitor and adjust planning parameters in SAP
- Monitor and fix WO's errors in SAP
- Parameter review for all finished good and WIP part numbers, ensuring accurate part planning and minimum inventory levels.
- Follow up urgent lots to ensure they make it for the scheduled shipment
- Identify potential supply risks and inventory exposures by aligning supply chain processes with production plan milestones/targets. Illuminate impact to supply continuity for Finished Goods Inventory (FGI).
- Applying knowledge of concepts and principles of planning to develop solutions to a variety of problems, particularly with supply constraints.
- Perform capacity analysis to support what-if scenarios, forecast changes, and plan for production growth.
- Maintain department metrics; analyze trends and results. Drive appropriate corrective actions where needed.
- Collaborate with Purchasing and Engineering to review proposed changes and establish Engineering Change Order (ECO) affectivity. Execute ECO implementation requirements.
- Determine and manage potential line shortages by analyzing build schedules, shortage reports, on hand inventory reports and supplier delivery information
- Develop communication relationship with Production, Engineering, Purchasing, Shipping, and Customer Service to manage supply and demand
- Act as a liaison to integrate new product into existing manufacturing processes
Required Skills and Experience
- Minimum 3 year of experience in a manufacturing environment
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of GMP's and previous work experience in a medical manufacturing environment is a plus
- Computer literate and working knowledge of SAP
- Advanced MS Office skills, understanding of vlookup, Pivot tables, macro recordings, data tables, charting, data sorting segregation and formula auditing.
Required Education and Training
- Bachelor's degree in engineering/ business administration preferred.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Lean Manufacturing experience desired
- APICS certification a plus.
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Company DescriptionFounded in 2002 by three former Monster.com executives; TalentBurst is an award-winning full-service Staffing Firm working directly with Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada. We specialize in Contract and Contract to Permanent roles across many industries and have direct/contractual relationships with all our clients. Please visit our website www.talentburst.com or come meet us at our offices in Natick, MA, Miami, FL, Christiansburg, VA, Vineland, NJ, Houston, TX & downtown San Francisco, CA
Company Description
Founded in 2002 by three former Monster.com executives; TalentBurst is an award-winning full-service Staffing Firm working directly with Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada. We specialize in Contract and Contract to Permanent roles across many industries and have direct/contractual relationships with all our clients. Please visit our website www.talentburst.com or come meet us at our offices in Natick, MA, Miami, FL, Christiansburg, VA, Vineland, NJ, Houston, TX & downtown San Francisco, CA