Manufacturing Production Planner

BWAY; Bispingen; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Mauser Packaging Solutions is looking for a Production Planner to manage scheduling, forecasting, and supply planning across production areas. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, lead planning meetings, and drive improvements using SAP and lean principles to maximize output and ensure on-time delivery.

The role involves coordinating capacity, balancing loads, and maintaining planning parameters while supporting new program launches and inventory optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business management, supply chain/operations, or engineering.
• 1-3 years of operations experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment with lean principles.
• Experience using SAP.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with internal teams and customers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to synthesize complex data.

Responsibilities

• Schedule, forecast, and plan supply while coordinating with manufacturing operations.
• Lead daily planning meetings and align downtime and changeovers with production needs.
• Provide accurate lead times to Customer Service and Sales and optimize inventory levels.

Skills

Lean principles

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in business management, supply chain/operations, or engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Production Planner is responsible for ensuring operating policies and procedures for managing their areas of production scheduling, forecasting, and supply planning. They will manage improvements by utilizing SAP and other company-approved programs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary point of contact as it relates to their areas of responsibility for scheduling, forecasting, and supply planning.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to establish schedules and plans that allocate available resources to best serve customer needs.
• Act as the liaison between the business and manufacturing operations - leading daily planning meetings with them and coordinating downtime and changeovers, etc.
• Support production by sequencing the schedule to maximize output and minimize changeover time while taking into account customer priority.
• Provide accurate lead time to Customer Service and Sales.
• Manage load leveling and raise awareness of bottlenecks in manufacturing.
• Engage in capacity management with cross-functional teams.
• Facilitate and participate in recurring and ad-hoc scheduling, demand, and supply meetings with cross-functional teams.
• Maintain appropriate planning parameters in SAP and other systems and tools.
• Support the launch of new programs/products.
• Optimize inventory levels, minimize excess and obsolete inventory, and strive for 100% on-time delivery to the customer as well as other plants.
• Monitor raw material consumption and develop plans to maintain production needs.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in business management, supply chain/operations, or engineering.
• Minimum 1-3 years of operations experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment with experience in the use of lean principles
• SAP experience
• Ability to work cross-functionally both internally and externally with customers.
• Ability to quickly and accurately analyze problems and provide viable solutions using proven lean methodology.
• Strategic thinker, strong analytical skills, able to synthesize considerable and complex data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills and willing to work in a team-oriented environment.

ABOUT US

Do you want to work with people who are dedicated to innovation and making the world a better place? Do you want to build a career with a company that provides opportunities for growth and development? Mauser Packaging Solutions is that company.

Our mission is to help our customers achieve better sustainability with their packaging. And we do that by giving our people the opportunity to do important work, solve interesting problems and be part of a diverse, forward-looking team.

At Mauser Packaging Solutions, you can be proud to work for a company that's always striving to innovate and serve customers better-and help them be better stewards of the environment.

Whether you're a seasoned professional-or just beginning your career-there's a place where you can help make a difference at Mauser Packaging Solutions. Join us!

Mauser Packaging Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.