Customer Service & Production Planner

Hyperion Materials & Technologies; Irwin (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyperion Materials & Technologies in the United States seeks a Senior Planner to manage manufacturing order planning, ensuring customer demand is met and inventory levels are optimized. You will coordinate between production, sales, and customer service to keep the shop floor informed and drive on-time delivery.

The role includes creating estimates, entering orders, system maintenance, production planning, and inventory management while ensuring supplier delivery and internal stakeholder

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business field.
• 4 years of experience in manufacturing/materials roles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule manufacturing orders to meet customer demand and inventory targets.
• Serve as liaison between production, sales, and customer service to ensure timely information flow.
• Enter orders, update systems, and maintain accurate production and inventory data.
• Coordinate with procurement to issue purchase orders and manage supplier delivery.
• Assist with contract reviews and ensure alignment with customer requirements.
• Support safety audits and ensure adherence to procurement policies.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Relationship management

ERP systems familiarity

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical or business field

4 years experience in manufacturing/materials

Tools

M3 ERP

Job description

Summary

Responsible for all facets of planning manufacturing orders to satisfy customer demands and inventory levels. Functions as the liaison between manufacturing, customer service and sales globally with responsibility for building and maintaining customer relationships with proactive and timely communication, creating an efficient order /contract process and ensuring and providing necessary information to manufacturing team. Facilitates the order process to include preparing estimates, order entry, system maintenance, production planning, and inventory management. Ensures uninterrupted supply of material and services to the Production unit with a focus on delivery quality and cost. Issues and schedules purchase order based on production plans, MRP suggestions and manual requisitions.

• Build appropriate route to manufacture part and provide customer with an accurate delivery date.
• Order material as needed. Special tooling or fixturing as needed
• Work together with Sales and Customer Service to provide world class service to Key Accounts.
• Learn and cultivate product and application knowledge to respond to customer questions.
• Obtain relevant information to process and resolve customer inquiries, requests or concerns.
• Conducts contract review on incoming orders to ensure customer requirements are captured.
• Proactively communicates with customers managing final sizing process and organizing proper shipping channels based on order size and delivery requirements.
• Responds to customer specific questions on open purchase requisitions, communicates and resolves all shipping related tracking/documentation, assist sales with quoting as needed or requested, and order status reporting to customer.
• Responsible for acknowledging all orders received. Enters orders in system to begin production.
• Facilitates customer demands/needs with Hyperion Stakeholders such as: Sales, Planning, Quality, Production, etc. to ensure all customer inquiries are addressed.
• Issues vendor purchase orders to support operational requirements.
• Provides confirmation and updates of delivery dates to customers and Sales.
• Troubleshoots and resolves internal issues including incorrect stock quantities, missing material, incorrect shipments and adjustments in M3 system.
• Assist in monitoring open orders to ensure on-time delivery of material to production.
• Expedites and adjusts purchase orders to accommodate changes in the production plan.
• Ensures compliance to Hyperion’s global procurement policy.
• Ensures satisfaction of internal stakeholders providing quality and timely buying of services
• Ensures compliance with, and use of, global and local contracts.
• Coordinate and support Safety audits.
• Communicate with professionalism and integrity when working with the Customer, Cross Functional Teams, and the entire organization.

Summary

Responsible for all facets of planning manufacturing orders to satisfy customer demands and inventory levels. Functions as the liaison between manufacturing, customer service and sales globally with responsibility for building and maintaining customer relationships with proactive and timely communication, creating an efficient order /contract process and ensuring and providing necessary information to manufacturing team. Facilitates the order process to include preparing estimates, order entry, system maintenance, production planning, and inventory management. Ensures uninterrupted supply of material and services to the Production unit with a focus on delivery quality and cost. Issues and schedules purchase order based on production plans, MRP suggestions and manual requisitions.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Build appropriate route to manufacture part and provide customer with an accurate delivery date.
• Order material as needed. Special tooling or fixturing as needed
• Work together with Sales and Customer Service to provide world class service to Key Accounts.
• Learn and cultivate product and application knowledge to respond to customer questions.
• Obtain relevant information to process and resolve customer inquiries, requests or concerns.
• Conducts contract review on incoming orders to ensure customer requirements are captured.
• Proactively communicates with customers managing final sizing process and organizing proper shipping channels based on order size and delivery requirements.
• Responds to customer specific questions on open purchase requisitions, communicates and resolves all shipping related tracking/documentation, assist sales with quoting as needed or requested, and order status reporting to customer.
• Responsible for acknowledging all orders received. Enters orders in system to begin production.
• Facilitates customer demands/needs with Hyperion Stakeholders such as: Sales, Planning, Quality, Production, etc. to ensure all customer inquiries are addressed.
• Issues vendor purchase orders to support operational requirements.
• Provides confirmation and updates of delivery dates to customers and Sales.
• Troubleshoots and resolves internal issues including incorrect stock quantities, missing material, incorrect shipments and adjustments in M3 system.
• Assist in monitoring open orders to ensure on-time delivery of material to production.
• Expedites and adjusts purchase orders to accommodate changes in the production plan.
• Ensures compliance to Hyperion’s global procurement policy.
• Ensures satisfaction of internal stakeholders providing quality and timely buying of services
• Ensures compliance with, and use of, global and local contracts.
• Coordinate and support Safety audits.
• Communicate with professionalism and integrity when working with the Customer, Cross Functional Teams, and the entire organization.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education And/or Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with a technical or business focus preferred.
• 4 years of experience in a manufacturing/materials role environment or equivalent combination of education and experience

Technical Skills/Physical Requirements

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal. Must possess ability to influence people to achieve department and plant mission, vision and objectives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Must be effective in working with and maintaining relationships with all levels of employee at plant and corporate levels.
• Ability to navigate a complex organization and execute across multiple functions,
• Ability to be resourceful, demonstrate business acumen and critical thinking skills and make sound decisions.
• Familiarity and competency with computers, databases and ERP systems.
• Must be a self-starter and highly motivated.
• Experience with customer order entry of industrial business-to-business products.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Travel generally not required (possible local travel).