Production Planner

BorgWarner; Royal Pines (NC); On-site; USD 62,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

BorgWarner in North Carolina seeks an experienced Production Planner to create and maintain production schedules, optimize capacity, and ensure on-time delivery across the supply chain. You will coordinate with customer service, use SAP for capacity planning, manage orders, and drive inventory optimization while adapting to changing priorities.

Join a team focused on continuous improvement, root cause analysis, and data-driven decisions to meet customer demands and improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• Completion of high school or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years experience in production planning within an automotive manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 1 year experience working in production planning using SAP.
• Proficiency working with Excel.
• Agile. Quickly adapt to changing environments with flexibility and responsiveness.
• Possess, strong decision making, analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excel at expressing ideas clearly and persuasively, ensuring communication inspires action.
• Ability to maintain high levels of accuracy and precision.
• Collaborative.
• Ability to prioritize tasks based on significance.
• Attendance on the job is essential.
• Must be able to work in a team environment.
• Must be able to follow instructions, safety rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain production schedules to meet customer demands on time while considering manufacturing efficiency, customer priorities, capacity constraints, upstream material flow, planned downtime, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), and other internal customer demands.
• Ensure meticulous management of all aspects of production planning with keen attention to detail.
• Collaborate with customer service to fulfill customer EDI requirements and respond to changes to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Adapt to changing environments with flexibility and responsiveness to pivot
• Monitor downtime calendar and incorporate it into the production plan to manage interruptions effectively while ensuring on-time delivery.
• Populate and update the Clear to Build file with missing parts and follow up with appropriate individuals to obtain necessary information to support the production plan.
• Use SAP to assess production capacity, and dispatch orders to meet production targets without overloading the work center.
• Ensure on-time delivery of finished goods, and WIP by managing production schedules and addressing any delays.
• Make data-centric recommendations for overtime scheduling or propose alternatives in the event of delays.
• Identify and work with manufacturing engineering and team leads to resolve issues with routings to optimize production efficiency and capacity utilization.
• Manage production orders daily. Convert and release production orders to achieve customer on time delivery.
• Create transfer orders for materials to support released production orders.
• Escalate order priorities from customer service, denote in shop floor production plan (CM07), communicate with internal and external warehouse team members, and other stakeholders as appropriate to ensure alignment.
• Manage PPAP, and Pre-Production (New Product Launch) orders.
• Manage inventory levels to ensure that finished goods and work-in-process materials are at optimum levels and available when needed, while minimizing excess inventory.
• Identify and drive operational improvements, cost reduction initiatives, and process flow changes to benefit inventory reductions.
• Coordinate with Inventory Control regarding suspect or known inventory discrepancies affecting the production plan.
• Evaluate, report, and manage excess and obsolete inventory.
• Establish bank build plans, track, and report progress to plan.
• Build strong relationships and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with the production plan.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs and keep them informed about production plans and any changes.
• Communicate urgency when needed and drive the team for results.
• Utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address production planning challenges and improve processes.
• Collaborate with team members to resolve issues that may arise during production, such as delays, equipment malfunctions, or material shortages.
• Use creative thinking to develop unique solutions and approach problems in new ways.
• Conduct root cause analysis and analyze data to identify and resolve production consumption or related system issues.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production efficiency and reduce waste.
• Understand, maintain, and adjust SAP planning parameters to achieve results.
• Action Change Management Cases.
• Monitor KPI’s to track production performance, inventory, schedule attainment, overtime, and identify areas for improvement.

Skills

Agile

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

• Create and maintain production schedules to meet customer demands on time while considering manufacturing efficiency, customer priorities, capacity constraints, upstream material flow, planned downtime, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), and other internal customer demands.
• Ensure meticulous management of all aspects of production planning with keen attention to detail.
• Collaborate with customer service to fulfill customer EDI requirements and respond to changes to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Adapt to changing environments with flexibility and responsiveness to pivot
• Monitor downtime calendar and incorporate it into the production plan to manage interruptions effectively while ensuring on-time delivery.
• Populate and update the Clear to Build file with missing parts and follow up with appropriate individuals to obtain necessary information to support the production plan.

Key Responsibilities

The job description will be updated

Production Scheduling

• Create and maintain production schedules to meet customer demands on time while considering manufacturing efficiency, customer priorities, capacity constraints, upstream material flow, planned downtime, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), and other internal customer demands.
• Ensure meticulous management of all aspects of production planning with keen attention to detail.
• Collaborate with customer service to fulfill customer EDI requirements and respond to changes to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Adapt to changing environments with flexibility and responsiveness to pivot
• Monitor downtime calendar and incorporate it into the production plan to manage interruptions effectively while ensuring on-time delivery.
• Populate and update the Clear to Build file with missing parts and follow up with appropriate individuals to obtain necessary information to support the production plan.

Capacity Planning

• Use SAP to assess production capacity, and dispatch orders to meet production targets without overloading the work center.
• Ensure on-time delivery of finished goods, and WIP by managing production schedules and addressing any delays.
• Make data-centric recommendations for overtime scheduling or propose alternatives in the event of delays.
• Identify and work with manufacturing engineering and team leads to resolve issues with routings to optimize production efficiency and capacity utilization.

Order Coordination

• Manage production orders daily. Convert and release production orders to achieve customer on time delivery.
• Create transfer orders for materials to support released production orders.
• Escalate order priorities from customer service, denote in shop floor production plan (CM07), communicate with internal and external warehouse team members, and other stakeholders as appropriate to ensure alignment.
• Manage PPAP, and Pre-Production (New Product Launch) orders.

Inventory Management

• Manage inventory levels to ensure that finished goods and work-in-process materials are at optimum levels and available when needed, while minimizing excess inventory.
• Identify and drive operational improvements, cost reduction initiatives, and process flow changes to benefit inventory reductions.
• Coordinate with Inventory Control regarding suspect or known inventory discrepancies affecting the production plan.
• Evaluate, report, and manage excess and obsolete inventory.
• Establish bank build plans, track, and report progress to plan.

Communication

• Build strong relationships and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with the production plan.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs and keep them informed about production plans and any changes.
• Communicate urgency when needed and drive the team for results.

Problem Solving

• Utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address production planning challenges and improve processes.
• Collaborate with team members to resolve issues that may arise during production, such as delays, equipment malfunctions, or material shortages.
• Use creative thinking to develop unique solutions and approach problems in new ways.
• Conduct root cause analysis and analyze data to identify and resolve production consumption or related system issues.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production efficiency and reduce waste.

Data Management

• Understand, maintain, and adjust SAP planning parameters to achieve results.
• Action Change Management Cases.

Performance Monitoring

• Monitor KPI’s to track production performance, inventory, schedule attainment, overtime, and identify areas for improvement.

Work Environment

• Transport material as required using proper handling methods.
• Keep work area in orderly condition with respect to proper materials, tools, equipment, and personal belongings. (Includes cleaning of equipment, floors, tables, etc.)
• Maintain quality standards by following proper inspection procedures.
• Understand and adhere to current health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Understand and adhere to current quality and control policies.
• Perform other duties as needed.

What We’re Looking For

• Completion of high school or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years experience in production planning within an automotive manufacturing environment
• Minimum 1 year experience working in production planning using SAP.
• Proficiency working with Excel.
• Agile. Quickly adapt to changing environments with flexibility and responsiveness.
• Possess, strong decision making, analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excel at expressing ideas clearly and persuasively, ensuring communication inspires action.
• Ability to maintain high levels of accuracy and precision.
• Collaborative.
• Ability to prioritize tasks based on significance.
• Attendance on the job is essential.
• Must be able to work in a team environment.
• Must be able to follow instructions, safety rules and regulations.

Salary Range

$62,000 - $85,250