Production Planner - SAP/MRP & SIOP Expert

Knorr-Bremse; Ciudad Acuña; On-site; MXN 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Holiday PTO

Life insurance

Christmas bonus

Educational assistance

Wellness program

Saving fund

Pantry vouchers

Medical service in plant

Gym

Attendance bonuses

Cafeteria subsidy

Prescription glasses subsidy

Job summary

Bendix in Mexico is seeking a Production Planner to translate customer demand into executable production and material plans, aligning with SIOP processes. This role links Customer Service, Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Logistics and Suppliers to ensure material availability and on-time delivery.

Responsibilities include creating short-, medium-, and long-term schedules, managing SAP-based production orders, monitoring capacity, and driving improvements in throughput and inventory turns.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in production planning, supply planning, scheduling, materials management, or supply chain operations.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment required.
• Experience managing supplier-related material constraints and recovery plans preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain short-, medium-, and long-term production schedules aligned with customer demand, capacity constraints, and inventory targets.
• Convert demand requirements into executable production plans and manufacturing orders.
• Balance customer requirements, production capacity, labor availability, and material constraints to optimize plant performance.
• Drive schedule adherence and production order fill rate performance.
• Monitor capacity utilization and identify opportunities to improve throughput and resource efficiency.
• Support SIOP, forecasting, and demand review processes
• Monitor inventory levels, safety stock strategies, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory turns
• Review component shortages and develop mitigation plans to avoid production disruptions.
• Manage production order releases, prioritization, and scheduling activities within SAP.
• Perform ATP reviews, shortage analysis, and production readiness assessments.
• Analyze and resolve system exceptions including COGI and planning errors.
• Coordinate engineering changes, PPAP implementation, prototype launches, and BOM updates.
• Ensure proper execution of production labeling and manufacturing documentation processes.
• Act as a primary planning liaison between Manufacturing, Purchasing, Customer Service, Logistics, Engineering, Quality, and Suppliers
• Analyze planning performance metrics and identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead root cause investigations for shortages, backlog, inventory discrepancies, schedule misses, and delivery failures.
• Develop corrective and preventive actions to improve planning effectiveness.
• Support digital planning initiatives, process standardization, and automation projects
• Support PSA Activities and procedures with team members.
• Perform all those activities that by the nature of the position are required.

Skills

Advanced SAP ERP/MRP knowledge

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Production scheduling and capacity规划

Inventory management and optimization

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Data analysis and reporting

Forecasting and demand planning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.

APICS/ASCM certification preferred

Job description

Bendix in Mexico is seeking a Production Planner to translate customer demand into executable production and material plans, aligning with SIOP processes. This role links Customer Service, Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Logistics and Suppliers to ensure material availability and on-time delivery.

Responsibilities include creating short-, medium-, and long-term schedules, managing SAP-based production orders, monitoring capacity, and driving improvements in throughput and inventory turns.