Manufacturing Planning Planner

AK Steel Corporation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Education Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs in Butler, PA, seeks a Planner in the Manufacturing Planning Department to develop and maintain production schedules, coordinating with cross-functional teams to resolve scheduling challenges and support efficient operations. Responsibilities include creating daily schedules for Butler and Zanesville plants, tracking plan vs.

actual, communicating plans, and assisting with changeovers and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or other Business-related field or equivalent experience.
• Detailed knowledge of automated and manual planning systems
• Advanced computer and math skills
• High level ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Willingness to work evenings/weekends on a rotating basis

Responsibilities

• Develop daily steel production schedules for Butler and Zanesville plants.
• Coordinate interplant and intraplant material movement to meet schedule.
• Monitor actual vs. planned production and shipments.
• Communicate production plans, unit schedules, material movement, and expediting requirements.
• Assist in determining operating turns, changeovers, outages, and delays timing.
• Apply material to orders following rules and quality requirements to meet delivery commitments.
• Assist other Planning associates with daily job tasks.
• Ensure unit schedules align with QSOP/TWI requirements and trial activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Planning systems

Computer skills

Communication

Work flexibility

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in logistics / supply chain

Equivalent experience

Job description

Location: Butler, PA

Cleveland-Cliffs has an immediate opening for a Planner within the Manufacturing Planning Department at our Butler Works facility. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining production schedules while collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve scheduling challenges and support efficient operations.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Develop daily steel making production schedules for operating units which include facilities in the Butler and Zanesville plants
• Coordinate material movement (both interplant and intraplant), operations and planning to accomplish schedule
• Monitor actual vs. planned production, inter/intraplant material movement and shipments
• Communicate and distribute information to others such as production plans, unit schedules, material movement plans, and material expediting requirements
• Assist in determining the number of operating turns required, timing requirements for unit changeovers, outages, and delays
• Apply material to orders following application rules and quality requirements while meeting delivery commitments established for customer service
• Assist other Manufacturing Planning associates in a cooperative manner on daily job tasks
• Assure unit schedules align with all current QSOP/TWI requirements as well as trials being conducted by research or product development groups
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or other Business-related field or equivalent experience

• Detailed knowledge of automated and manual planning systems
• Advanced computer and math skills
• High level ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Willingness to work evenings/weekends on a rotating basis

Preferred Qualifications:

• Basic knowledge of plant operations, material flow, production capabilities/capacities and product attributes/requirements
• Three (3) years related to manufacturing planning

Relocation assistance is not provided for this position.

Cleveland-Cliffs is a leading North America-based steel producer with focus on value-added sheet products, particularly for the automotive industry. The Company is vertically integrated from the mining of iron ore, production of pellets and direct reduced iron, and processing of ferrous scrap through primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. We offer an excellent total compensation package, including competitive pay with variable compensation opportunity, health insurance, retirement plan, education assistance, paid time off, and more.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is an equal opportunity employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. We are a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment screening as a condition of employment.