Production Planning Analyst

IMT Elemental; Calgary; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

IMT Elemental in Calgary, Alberta is seeking a Production Planning Analyst to generate and maintain an efficient master production schedule, meeting customer requirements and minimizing cycle times while maximizing inventory use.

The role provides support to the Production Scheduling Manager in implementing efficient workflows, reducing bottlenecks, and achieving operational excellence. You will collaborate with manufacturing, engineering and information systems to optimize capacity and delivery.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Experience with Power BI and large database management.
• Ability to handle 5,000 SKUs and 400+ production orders monthly.

Responsibilities

• Create level loaded MPS with a 3-4 week outlook.
• Monitor production planning KPIs and pursue continuous improvement.
• Coordinate revisions to the schedule to meet deadlines and quantities with manufacturing.
• Plan production and generate work orders based on sales and demand projections.
• Monitor WIP levels and advise on strategies to minimize downtime due to material shortages.
• Ensure on-time delivery and compliant shipping to customers.
• Collaborate with Sales to confirm delivery dates considering capacity and material availability.
• Update priority items and production orders with delivery projections.
• Mentor team members on D365 planning processes.
• Coordinate with engineering, purchasing and IS to input capacity and changeovers into weekly schedule.
• Identify bottlenecks and develop resolution strategies.
• Maintain production unit schedules across work centers.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

D365

Large data base management

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft D365

Job description

Salary Range: $60,000.00 To $65,000.00 Annually

General Description

The Production Planning Analyst is responsible for generating, maintaining and improving an efficient production schedule, meeting customer requirements and minimizing cycle times while maximizing the use of existing inventory. The Production Planning Analyst maintains the production schedule, with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for continuous improvement. Providing support to the Production Scheduling Manager on the implementation of efficient production workflows, minimizing bottlenecks, and achieving operational excellence.

Skill/Effort Requirements

• Excellent computer acumen, experience in Microsoft D365 is considered an asset, must have advanced excel level and knowledge of Power Bi and large data base management.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with more than 5,000 SKU’s with +400 production orders per month that requires several complex routes with little supervision
• Able to complete tasks to deadline
• Able to communicate complex routing concerns to a varied audience of small and larger groups

Responsibilities

• Create level loaded MPS (Master Production Schedule) with a 3 - 4-week outlook
• Generates initiatives to monitor production planning KPIs while keeping a high level of proficiency and continuous improvement approach on all processes
• Monitor, adjust and issue the necessary revisions to the schedule in order to meet deadlines and quantities in coordination with Production schedule to the manufacturing team. Also, ensure the follow-up of special and /or critical production orders
• Plan production andgenerate work orders according to sales and confirmed demand and projections, optimizing production lines to ensure the effective use of installed capacity and human resource
• Monitors and controls work in progress (WIP) levels, providing advice to production scheduling team members on strategies to optimize execution with minimum downtime due to lack of material
• Monitors and controls on time delivery in manufacturing (compliance) and shipping to customer (service level)
• Monitor, adjust and issue the necessary revisions to the schedule in order to meet deadlines and quantities in coordination with Production schedule to the manufacturing team. Also, ensure the follow-up of special and /or critical production orders
• Works closely with sales to confirm delivery dates considering plan capacity and availability of materials
• Updates the sales priority items list and production orders with order acknowledgment date and projected delivery date
• Mentors other planning team members by proactively coaching, communicating and guiding them in D365 planning related processes, product knowledge and processes
• Works together with manufacturing, engineering, and information systems to input capacity, standard times, change overs, maintenance shutdowns into the weekly production schedule
• Identify bottlenecks and capacity concerns and works with the production planning team to develop strategies to find external and internal resolution
• Monitor all production units to ensure work schedules are available in every work center, and prioritize list are created
• Liaise with engineering, purchasing, sales and information systems to achieve on time delivery at optimum cost
• Ensure all work orders are closed at the end of the process; review irregularities and elevate to the plant manager if needed