Capacity Planner

Siemens Mobility; Vaughan; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Hybrid work model

Annual discretionary bonus

Vacation buy/sell

Diversity and inclusion

Employee discounts

Job summary

Siemens Canada is seeking a Capacity Planner to ensure efficient and timely planning of production activities, balancing demand, material availability, and capacity across the shop floor. The role supports weekly and long-term planning and coordinates with Production, Source, Engineering, and Order Management teams.

This position offers a hybrid work model, a salary range of CAD 75,000–80,000 plus a 10% discretionary annual bonus, and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in materials management, business administration or supply chain related field.
• Minimum 5 years of production planning, capacity planning or supply chain logistics experience.
• Strong experience with SAP or comparable ERP systems.
• Excellent computer skills (email, spreadsheets, word processing).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Effective relationship management and teamwork skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily capacity capabilities by work center and identify constraints.
• Perform weekly reporting of work center capacities.
• Validate material availability to support the schedule plan and coordinate with Source team.
• Plan and establish shop-floor production schedules considering orders, material, and capacity.
• Dispatch new production orders to ensure capacity alignment.
• Carry out detailed capacity planning for machine and labor resources by work center.
• Participate in decisions on make-in-house vs. external production strategies.
• Expedite and de-expedite production orders to meet delivery expectations.
• Communicate production priorities to the shop floor with tools/processes.
• Inform Order Management of any delays impacting deliveries.
• Create manufacturing schedules aligned with orders and forecasts.
• Generate MTR production orders for R&D and Product Engineering.
• Support Team Leads with production order tasks.
• Implement ECNs accurately and on time.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to optimize supply chain performance.
• Provide lead times to Order Entry on request.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in planning, scheduling and production.

Skills

ERP systems

SAP experience

Communication skills

Teamwork

Decision making

Problem solving

Working under pressure

Education

College Diploma in Materials Management

Tools

SAP

Job description

SCM-Procurement / Supply Chain Logistics

Company

Mid-level Professional

Job type

Full-time

Hybrid (Remote/Office)

Employment type

Permanent

Location(s)

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Why you’ll love working for Siemens!

• Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.
• Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.
• Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.
• Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.
• Profit sharing available.
• Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle.
• Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.
• Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events.
• Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!
• Employee perks and discounts.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused.

Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2026 and Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2026.

What will you do?

The Capacity Planner is responsible for ensuring efficient and timely planning of production activities, balancing customer demand, material availability, and manufacturing capacity. This role supports daily, weekly, and long-term capacity planning while driving effective communication between Production, Source, Engineering, and Order Management teams. The position also plays a key role in supporting schedule adherence, identifying and resolving capacity constraints, and maintaining the overall health of the production plan.

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily capacity capabilities by work center, identifying constraints and assisting in resolution.
• Perform weekly reporting of work center capacities.
• Validate material availability to support the schedule plan; identify shortages and coordinate with Source team.
• Plan and establish shop-floor production schedules considering customer orders, material availability, and plant capacity.
• Dispatch new production orders to ensure capacity alignment.
• Carry out detailed capacity planning for machine and labour resources by work center.
• Participate in decision-making processes regarding make-in-house versus alternative production strategies to compensate for capacity bottlenecks.
• Expedite and de-expedite production orders as required to meet customer delivery expectations.
• Communicate production priorities to the shop floor using agreed up tools and processes.
• Advise the Order Management team of any delays impacting customer deliveries.
• Create manufacturing-related schedules aligned with orders and forecasted demand.
• Generate MTR production orders for R&D and Product Engineering.
• Support Team Leads with production order-related tasks.
• Implement Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) accurately and on time.
• Collaborate cross-functionally, sharing relevant information to ensure optimal supply chain performance.
• Provide lead times to Order Entry upon customer request.
• Actively support continuous improvement initiatives within planning, scheduling, and production processes.

What will you need to succeed?

• Post-secondary education: College Diploma in Materials Management, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in production planning, capacity planning, or supply chain logistics.
• Strong experience with SAP or comparable ERP systems.
• Excellent computer skills, including email, spreadsheets, and word processing.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Effective relationship management and teamwork skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities

Salary iscommensuratewith experience, and ranges between 75,000 $ 80,000, excluding bonus and benefits. In addition to base salary, this role includes eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus of 10% base salary, based on Company performance metrics.

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Siemens Canada is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility and healthcare. The company’s purpose is to create technology with purpose, transforming the everyday, for everyone, since 1912 in Canada. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more liveable, and transportation more sustainable. A leader in industrial AI, Siemens leverages its deep domain know-how to apply AI – including generative AI – to real-world applications, making AI accessible and impactful for customers across diverse industries. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a leading global medical technology provider pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. In fiscal 2025, which ended September 30, 2025, Siemens Canada generated revenues of approx. $2.3 billion CAD. The company has approximately 4,600 employees from coast-to-coast and 38 office and production facilities across Canada.

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