Planner, Manufacturing ​/ Production, Operations Engineer

Benefits

• Comprehensive insurance plan, with a company-sponsored HRA,
• 401(k) with a 4.5% employer match on 6% employee contribution
• Paid time off (vacation)
• Paid holidays
• Plus much more…

Miller Fabrication Solutions is seeking a Planner who can effectively and efficiently plan and schedule material for assigned end items and components (purchased and manufactured) to satisfy customer requirements, inventory targets, and cost objectives. Identify and obtain the products and services that must be obtained externally. Evaluate, and determine the best supplier, value and delivery for those products and services.

• Plan material daily as driven by customer requirements and inventory targets.
• Request purchased material daily as driven by material planning and expedite purchasing as needed.
• Schedule work orders daily as driven by material planning and in compliance with S&OP level-load cell run rates, use auto-release as appropriate.
• Assist with preparing shop packets.
• Ensure that all released work orders are material, capacity, and tooling supportable.
• Assess capacity daily/weekly to determine bottlenecks and recommend mitigating actions.
• Manage daily dispatch lists to ensure each work center has a valid schedule.
• Ensure that all inventory parameters are set correctly (i.e. safety stock, order quantity, lead time, ABC, and others).
• Interface with Customer Service and Estimating as needed to provide planning, scheduling, and date information.
• Assist with monthly S&OP process.
• Assist with the annual physical inventory.
• Provide support and feedback for maintaining accurate bills-of-material, routings, and work centers as needed.
• Periodically evaluate inventory for slow moving and obsolete items and recommend disposition.
• Periodically perform ABC inventory analysis.
• Serve as a technical resource to team members as needed.
• Ensure a mastery of all applicableaspects of IFS and MS Office.
• Maintain awareness of management techniques, software and other relevant technologies being developed in the marketplace.
• Maintain awareness of best practices regarding materials management relevant to company processes.

Education:

Associate Degree in Business Administration or related field, B.S. field preferred.

Experience:

5 years related experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or related fields with emphasis on planning and scheduling.

• Deep knowledge of bills-of material, routings, work centers, material planning (MRP), scheduling, dispatch lists, capacity management, item master, inventory management, customer orders, purchase orders, work orders, and date management in a manufacturing environment.
• Deep knowledge of how the above are accomplished in an ERP system.
• Working knowledge of Sales and Operations Planning preferred.
• Competent in MS Office including Word, Outlook, Excel (at least intermediate), and PowerPoint.
• APICS certification (CPIM or CSCP) and/or ISM certification (CPSM) preferred.

• Generate a culture that fosters continual improvement throughout the assigned site(s).
• Strong, pro-active written and verbal communicator to customers, clients and coworkers.
• Reliable and dependable work ethic, including following written or verbal instructions. Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Adheres to posted hours
• Can successfully meet daily physical demands and required work hours.
• Performs well in a production and job shop environment, follows safe work practices.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to effectively communicate/present information in a one-on-one and small group situation to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints/technical drawings.

The safety requirements and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Employee must…