Production Planner

Eaton Corporation; Pinckneyville (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s GEIS division in Pinckneyville, IL seeks a Production Planner to develop and maintain short- and long-term master plans for end item families. You’ll coordinate planning, scheduling, purchasing, and expediting to maximize customer service and minimize inventory, following SAP-based processes.

On-site role with focus on accuracy, collaboration with manufacturing and suppliers, and adherence to policies. Salary ranges provided and subject to market factors.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum one year of experience in a planning/purchasing function.
• No immigration sponsorship or support for CPT/OPT/STEM OPT etc.
• Reside within 50 miles of Pinckneyville, IL facility; military candidates exempt.

Responsibilities

• Production planning and scheduling to ensure on-time delivery with minimal inventory.
• Maintain SAP material master data, lead times, reorder points, and safety stocks.
• Perform purchasing execution for sub-components and raw materials; issue POs on time.
• Monitor orders, shipments, forecast, backlog, and customer service by product family.

Skills

Planning and scheduling

Forecasting

Inventory management

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

SAP experience

APICS knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Associate's degree

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Eaton’s Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions (GEIS) division is currently seeking a Production Planner to join the team. This position is based at our Pinckneyville, IL facility. The expected annual salary range for this role is $59000 - $86000 a year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

The Production Planner position entails developing and maintaining short and long-term master plans and performing all required duties related to planning, scheduling, purchasing, and expediting for specified families of end item products to maximize customer service, minimize inventory investment, and make efficient use of purchased resources. The role involves following standardized practices, policies, and procedures with minimal supervision, and selecting alternative methods where appropriate to achieve service and investment goals. Daily work will include releasing orders for manufacture, purchase and assembly departments, and will involve coordination with other Eaton facilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Production Planning and Scheduling: Using SAP, manage a complement of finished goods, components and raw materials ensuring that parts are available for the customer on time with the least amount of inventory stocked. Schedule machining centers and machining departments in areas where multiple schedulers products are processed ensuring orders are handled in accordance with total business results. Print drawings and create job packs for use by the floor as required. Ensure job packs are handled and released to the floor according to standard and policy.
• Inventory and Material Management: Manage inventory at all levels to ensure annual goals in dollars and turns are met and materials are not created in excess of valid requirement. Maintain finished goods at levels at or above annual customer service goals for the unit. Maintain all planning material master data in SAP, including lot sizes, safety stocks, reorder points, material replenishment types, lead times in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Purchasing and Supplier Management: Perform purchasing execution activities for required sub-components and raw materials. Place purchase orders on time from system generated signals and in response to non-linear "impact" order sizes. Contact and interact with vendors to communicate delivery expectations, forecasts, design changes, etc.
• Customer and Delivery Performance: Monitor incoming customer orders, shipments, forecast, backlog, inventory, and customer service by product family. On time to request / on time to delivery.

What will make you successful?

An ideal candidate has thorough knowledge of planning and scheduling, including manufacturing and production, forecasting and inventory management procedures. You leverage good communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders, including plant leadership, vendors and customers to meet sales and operating plan objectives. We are looking for candidates who are diverse in their backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and who can bring fresh and innovative ideas to our team.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum one (1) year of experience in a planning/purchasing function
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates who currently reside within 50 miles of the Pinckneyville, IL facility will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• 2+ years of experience in a planning/purchasing environment, with progressively increasing responsibilities
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word
• SAP experience
• Knowledge and use of APICS practices

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