Junior Planner (Supply Chain, Logistics, or Procurement)

1996 Junior Planner Job Summary: The Junior Planner together with operations is responsible for the on-time delivery of parts and schedule adherence, from start until shipment, while providing transparent communication between program management and operations. Duties/Responsibilities: · Production Plan · Responsible for production plan for the customer programs under her/his responsibility, including planning, monitoring, and driving on-time delivery to the customer · Support master planning to provide inputs for the production plan, review priorities and solve conflicts · Communicate the production plan to the shop floor · Review planning in the daily planning meetings with cross department teams · Measure planning execution and act based on these results and KPIs · Provide delivery planning to key account managers · Provide planning for spare parts · Immediately escalate capacity issues to operations and master planning · Actively involved in slow moving and rework processes to reduce WIP and old stock · Inform Quality department of slow moving items · Follow-up and escalate with MRB to guarantee timely communications to the customer and follow-up with PM to timely receive dispositions; · ERP data accuracy · Update master planner data such as lead times, safety stocks, order quantities, etc., to improve accuracy of the production plan · External and Internal Interactions · Work with key account manager and customer to improve delivery for customer needs · Provide recovery plan for late work orders to the customer · Provide long term delivery/recovery plan to key account manager · Additional job duties as assigned. Performance Indicators: · On-time delivery · Working Capital · Schedule adherence Required Skills/Abilities: · Proficient computer skills with MS Office · Good communication skills (written, verbal and presentation) · High level of assertively · Strong analytical and creative thinking skills · Flexible, well organized and efficient · Team player · Results oriented · Takes initiate and displays a pro-active attitude · Open to travel (limited) Education and Experience: · Bachelor's in Supply Chain/Business or equivalent 1+ yrs. experience in buyer/planner/supply chain/procurement · Experience in production planning is a plus · Experience in an ERP system is a plus See above