Production Planning Analyst

North American Lighting Inc., member of the Koito Group of Companies, is the largest tier one automotive exterior lighting manufacturer in North America. As the market share leader in exterior automotive lighting, NAL provides advanced lighting technology, engineering design expertise, and state-of-the-art production capabilities to auto makers based in North America and around the world.

North American Lighting (NAL) is looking for a
Production Planning Analyst - I to join our team. The ideal candidate will review, analyze, monitor, and report on manufacturing and customer data to support Production Planning.

• Prepares and analyzes daily/weekly/monthly manufacturing reports and distributes to all plants.
• Creates work center capacity, load graphs, and manpower requirements for monthly detail planning meetings.
• Communicates manufacturing concerns for all plants and assists in leveling loads for all manufacturing work centers.
• Queries various databases for production-related data, such as routings, schedules, and customer orders.
• Prepares and evaluates documents for plant financial review meetings.
• Analyzes production requirements to determine how to level manufacturing loads in each department and plan accurate and achievable targets for processing work centers.

Salary Range: $40,000 - $60,000

Your Background

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, M.I.S. or a related discipline, plus 0 to 2 years of related experience in related manufacturing functions
  OR
• Associate degree in Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, M.I.S. or a related discipline, plus 2 to 4 years of related experience in related manufacturing functions
  OR
• HS Diploma or GED, plus 4 to 6 years of related experience in related manufacturing functions.

World class health insurance plans

Award winning 401k plan

Relocation assistance

Paid time off (vacation,sick, holidays,etc)

Company sponsored wellness program including gym reimbursement

Diversity at NAL:

The mission of NAL’s Diversity Committee is to facilitate NAL’s ongoing and continuing efforts to foster a culture and atmosphere of mutual respect, for the benefit of all Team Members from different backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities that represent our communities.

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All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, genetic information, and veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.