Planning Lead

materials that support the plant's manufacturing needs.
2. Balance current and future customer demand requirements with manufacturing and supplier capabilities/capacities to ensure completion of customer requirements
3. Manage the Master Production Schedule in the MRP system for specific customers or product lines to generate requirements for manufactured and purchased parts while ensuring desired inventory levels are maintained
4. Assist the Planning Manager to review new sales order requests and provides a feasible promise date to customer service before the orders are promised
5. Reviews planning parameters in order execution systems (such as MFGPro) to ensure proper order generation.
6. Coordinates with supply Chain, Manufacturing and Customer Service groups to maintain plant-wide production scheduling information
7. Develop and train subordinates to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
8. Develop and train subordinates with appropriate growth experiences to challenge them and to determine their capabilities and interests.
9. Monitor & report on appropriate planning metrics. Implement corrective actions where metrics are not meeting expectations.

Qualifications:

Basic qualifications:

• 5 to 7 years of experience •
• Bachelor's Degree. •
• Bilingual. •
• Proven capability to execute planning of mfg. components in a high mix, low volume environment. •
• Knowledge of materials planning systems (MRP/ERP) requirements and order generation process logic. •
• Basic understanding of Supply Chain Management operational concepts surrounding production planning, inventory control, purchasing, logistics, stockroom operations, and shipping/receiving. •
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes as well as special processes. •
• Ability to analyze, identify and implement opportunities and corporate initiatives for improvement. •
• Ability to lead and coordinate multi discipline, multi-functional teams. • Lead implementation teams to deliver the planning strategies. •
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Process Variation Reduction (Six Sigma) concepts and tool sets as they relate to materials management. • Knowledge of industry specific quality registration schemes (i.e., ISO9001, ISO/TS-16949, AS9100, etc.). •
• Strong planning/project management skills.
• Strong PC application skills, including complement of Microsoft Office Software.
• Strong PC application skills, including complement of Microsoft Office Software.

Preferred Specialized Knowledge (not required to be qualified for position):

• Must be able to interface effectively with the Transitions teams in order to set up Planning processes and appropriate bridge inventory. •
• Must be able to interface effectively and fairly with both business leaders, planners and manufacturing •
• Ability to communicate in English and Spanish is desirable, but not mandatory

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