Planner

Swagelok; Solon (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards benefits

Job summary

Swagelok in Solon, Ohio is seeking a Planner who will manage production schedules for a product family, balancing shop capacity, raw materials, and customer priorities. As the primary Supply Chain contact, you will collaborate with internal teams and external suppliers, drive continuous improvement, and support capacity and product flow initiatives across sites in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Strong analytical skills, MS Office proficiency, and a background in supply chain are preferred to optimize

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of supply chain experience.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• SAP experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain feasible production or supplier plans.
• Escalate disruptions and troubleshoot problems.
• Develop rapport with local and cross-functional resources and/or suppliers to solve problems.
• Proactively escalate customer issues, data integrity issues, and internal backlogs.
• Analyze supply and demand plan and develop a recommended action.
• Understand production and/or supplier performance metrics.

Skills

Customer focus

Agility

Adaptable to Change

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years supply chain experience

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

SAP

Job description

Shift: 1st shift

City: Solon

Swagelok, Northeast Ohio, USA

Swagelok is a global organization and one of the largest employers of manufacturing talent in Northeast Ohio. We are driven by our core values of Quality, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Customer Focus, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement, which are demonstrated through our daily actions. For over 75 years, our dedication to our core values has been the foundation for our success. Our products have been up into space, down to the bottom of the ocean, and everywhere in between.That same dedication spans to our customers.

Throughout our organization we demonstrate a commitment to these values and those we bring onboard. Whether you want to grow in your role or explore broad opportunities and develop new skills—you’ll thrive in a culture that promotes learning and development.

We strive to be a company where we all can do our best work with a true sense of purpose and belonging.

Be Connected. Be Valued. Be You.

We hope you’ll consider joining our team.

Position Summary

The Planner is the primary Supply Chain contact for a product family or facility and is responsible for creating and managing an accurate production schedule for internal and/or external suppliers that considers shop floor capacity, customer priorities, raw material/components, and data integrity. Engages in continuous improvement, capacity management, and product flow initiatives

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a feasible production or supplier plans, escalates disruptions, and can troubleshoot and resolve problems
• Competent in all production planning work processes and procedures for area of responsibility
• Can develop rapport and relationships with local and cross functional resources and/or suppliers to solve problems
• Proactively escalates customer issues, business system issues, data integrity issues, and internal department backlogs
• Can analyze supply and demand plan and develop a recommended action
• Thorough understanding of production and/or supplier performance metrics
• Manages own time effectively to complete daily work routine and objectives
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of supply chain concepts
• Can recommend new ideas and willingly supports change initiatives
• Demonstrates urgency when addressing customer requests
• Can train new associates and/or suppliers on departmental processes
• Other duties as assigned

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree; or Relevant experience, 2+ years of supply chain experience
• Competent in using MS Office Software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• SAP Experience a plusCritical Competencies:
• Customer Focus
• Agility
• Adaptable to Change
• Collaboration

Working Conditions and/or Physical Requirements

• Working conditions associated with normal office environment.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment (e.g., computer, telephone, copier, printer, etc.).
• Ability to effectively communicate in both small and large groups and settings.
• Ability to traverse between multiple locations in Ohio and Pennsylvania as needed.
• Occasional domestic and/or international travel may be required.
• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.

Swagelok provides a comprehensive package of valuable benefits called Total Rewards focused on health and wellness, compensation, retirement planning, and supplemental rewards.

Swagelok is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are selected without regard to race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, pregnancy-related medical conditions, age, national origin or ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

Swagelok will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, and Ohio state law.

This job summary is intended to be brief and does not list all the duties for this position. Nothing in this job description should be construed as an express or implied contract of employment. Swagelok is an at-will employer, which means that either party is free to terminate the employment relationship at any time, without any advanced notice, for any reason or no reason.