Senior Production Planner — SAP & SIOP Expert

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

Ciudad Acuña

On-site

MXN 320,000 - 520,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico is seeking a seasoned Production Planner to translate demand into actionable production and material plans, supporting on-time delivery and inventory optimization. This role connects Customer Service, Production, Purchasing, Engineering, Logistics, and Suppliers.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in production or supply planning, strong SAP ERP/MRP and Excel skills, and is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Qualifications

5+ years in production planning or supply chain roles.
Experience in a manufacturing environment required.
Experience supporting SIOP processes preferred.
Experience managing supplier-related material constraints and recovery plans preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain short-, medium-, and long-term production schedules aligned with demand, capacity, and inventory targets.
Convert demand requirements into executable production plans and manufacturing orders.
Balance customer requirements, 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 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.