Powder Production Planner & Buyer

Hyperion Materials & Technologies Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyperion Materials & Technologies Inc. in Kentucky is seeking a Production Planner responsible for creating production schedules to meet customer demands and inventory targets, coordinating with commercial teams, supply and production managers, and other stakeholders to maintain lean inventory.

The role focuses on balancing capacity and demand, monitoring lead times, WIP, and plant loading, and improving systems such as M-3, Kanban Box, and Microsoft tools to streamline reporting and ordering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• Knowledge of MRP/ERP and Inventory systems preferred.
• Experience with manufacturing planning and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Create production schedule to utilize capacity and balance with customer requirements.
• Identify bottlenecks and capacity constraints due to the current demand.
• Monitor and work with production in terms of lead-times, WIP, plant loading and capacity.
• Plan orders and purchases to keep all materials at designed stock levels.
• Maintain and improve systems used in our business (M-3, Kanban Box, Access, Microsoft tools).
• Prints and assembles MO packets.
• Assist with the identification, development and implementation of special projects.
• Develop schedules to meet delivery date requirements of RTP for entire powder supply chain in West Branch.
• Lead M-3 activity on site to support and encourage accurate and useful ways to store and use information.
• Help locate areas to improve our processes to be more effective and efficient.
• Create or maintain critical reports used in the business (consolidate and streamline this process).
• Balance demands and prioritize them so production has a plan that will satisfy customers and manage inventories to meet NWC targets.
• MRO ordering support to production on select items.
• Maintain professionalism and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

Skills

Planning

Communication

Lean principles

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

M-3

Kanban Box

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Excel

ERP/MRP systems

Office tools

Job description

Hyperion Materials & Technologies Inc. in Kentucky is seeking a Production Planner responsible for creating production schedules to meet customer demands and inventory targets, coordinating with commercial teams, supply and production managers, and other stakeholders to maintain lean inventory.

The role focuses on balancing capacity and demand, monitoring lead times, WIP, and plant loading, and improving systems such as M-3, Kanban Box, and Microsoft tools to streamline reporting and ordering.