Production Planner

Role/Purpose:
The Production Planner is responsible for creating and releasing production orders for products, sub assemblies, or fabricated components. The position manages the production schedule based on capacities of work centers and requested completion dates.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Plans, issues and monitors assembly schedule by analyzing a variety of input data to assure the timely delivery and efficient use of resources required to meet the delivery schedule.

Convert Planned Orders into Production Orders, and release those while meeting first confirmed delivery dates and maintaining a balanced schedule.

Analyzing of SAP MRP exception messages to react to changing material requirements (quantity, requested availability dates) and/or expedite production orders if necessary.

Pro-active management of past due production orders, including providing detailed information to PO Order Management and other disciplines if needed.

Update BOM details accurately as needed during out change order process, and sending expedite requests to Purchasing and Fabrication Planning.

Track supply and stock situation; take corrective actions if necessary, and provide suitable information to internal customers.

Active inventory management for core components by determining appropriate stock levels to ensure high service levels and optimized inventory levels.

Maintain material master data related to Planning and Scheduling to ensure proper settings and product supply.

Record and analyze reasons for delayed production orders to enable continuous improvement actions.

Interface with Production, PO Order Management, and Procurement to obtain the necessary information for proper forecasting and adequate production scheduling to meet customer required delivery dates.

Load and maintain demand plan (forecast) for assigned product lines, if applicable.

Partner with SCM leadership team to identify and address opportunities to improve performance through SCM strategies.

Ability to work on-site in Mettler-Toledo office facility.

Execute assigned projects as defined.

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