Production Planner LPCT

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC); Portland (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corp. in Portland, Oregon, seeks a Master Scheduler/Inventory Generalist to support the Master Scheduler and maintain the master production schedule.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Sales, Planning, Manufacturing and Engineering to ensure on-time delivery, handling BOM changes, and managing the Alloy Service Center inventory. The role emphasizes accuracy of schedules, updating process routers, and maintaining shipping plans and MRP transactions.

Qualifications

• Associate (two year) degree preferred, but will consider those with equivalent work experience.
• Minimum four years related professional experience with at least two of those years related to a Planner/Scheduler/Analyst position.
• Demonstrated good oral and written presentation skills.
• Highly self motivated and able to work independently.
• Demonstrated good organizational skills.
• Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel, and Visibility.
• Positive mental attitude and ability to work well in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Weekly review of master schedule with the Master Scheduler including Manufacturing and Engineering. Identify areas which require modification in shipping dates based on process router changes and lot specific changes.
• Insures that changes on process router are properly entered in Visibility.
• Insures that Bill of Materials is amended due to changes in process router.
• May Initiate and maintain the requisition of Assembled Wax Patterns to vendors.
• Works with Expeditors to change routers on the floor. (Individuals working for the ASC will work as an expeditor.)
• Constructs and maintains weekly, monthly and quarterly shipping plans using Excel spreadsheet.
• Identifies issues early in the quarter and works in a manner to remove shipping barriers.
• Communicates issues to the Master Scheduler on a daily basis regarding router and span changes which affects shipping dates.
• Transacts all incoming and outgoing material in the Vis MRP system.
• Monthly and quarterly fiscal inventory audit requirements as well as cycle count responsibility.

Skills

MS Word

MS Excel

Visibility

Oral communication

Written communication

Independent work

Team player

Education

Associate degree

Tools

Visibility

Job description

Country: United States of America

State / County: Oregon

City: Portland

Division: Structurals

Company: LPC

Function: Operations

Workplace Type: On-Site

Position type: Full Time

Opportunity ID: 23649

Job Description

Mission

To assist the Master Scheduler in maintaining a valid and realistic Master Production Schedule supporting the Business Unit Sales, and customer orders. To insure effective communication on schedules is coordinated with Sales, Planning, Manufacturing and Engineering. The main purpose of this job is to assist in meeting on time delivery to the customer, process router changes, fix delivery dates based on span changes and modify Bill of Materials. Individuals assigned to the Alloy Service Center (ASC) will be responsible for shipping, receiving and managing all inventory required to support production.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Master Schedule:

Objective: To assist the Master Scheduler in maintaining and adhering to the Master Schedule, supporting the Business Unit plan and meeting customer delivery.

Typical Activities:

• Weekly review of master schedule with the Master Scheduler including Manufacturing and Engineering. Identify areas which require modification in shipping dates based on process router changes and lot specific changes.
• Insures that changes on process router are properly entered in Visibility.
• Insures that Bill of Materials is amended due to changes in process router.
• May Initiate and maintain the requisition of Assembled Wax Patterns to vendors.
• Works with Expeditors to change routers on the floor. (Individuals working for the ASC will work as an expeditor.)

2. Delivery Service Report:

Objective: To regularly communicate to the Master Scheduler, Planners, Manufacturing and Engineering regarding changes in process routers including span time and cost.

Typical Activities:

• Maintains and updates process router lo sheet using Excel Spreadsheet. Communicates any issues with Planning, Manufacturing, and Engineering.
• Represents Planning in meetings with Finance, Manufacturing, and Engineering regarding process routers.
• Insures that process routers are correctly marked by the initiating Engineers before entering in Visibility.
• Monitors outside process delivery commitments, establishes delivery measurements for vendors, and distributes monthly report (scoring) for vendors.

3. Weekly Delivery Measurements:

Objective: To regularly enter changes in process routers in Visibility for efficiency in span time and cost.

Typical Activities:

• Works with Engineers in initiating changes in process routers.
• Insures that delivery dates are properly modified due to changes in the master router or lot specific changes.
• May maintain and publish throughput reports for the Alloy Service Center and the Outside processing of Ti revert.

4. Monthly and Quarterly Shipping Schedules:

Objective: Assist the Master Scheduler in putting together weekly, monthly and quarterly shipments plans. Takes a proactive role in helping to meet customer delivery requirements.

Typical Activities:

• Constructs and maintains weekly, monthly and quarterly shipping plans using Excel spreadsheet.
• Identifies issues early in the quarter and works in a manner to remove shipping barriers.
• Communicates issues to the Master Scheduler on a daily basis regarding router and span changes which affects shipping dates.

5. Inventory Generalist (Alloy Service Center Responsibility):

Objective: Ship, receive and manage all inventory for the Alloy Service Center

• Transacts all incoming and outgoing material in the Vis MRP system.
• Monthly and quarterly fiscal inventory audit requirements as well as cycle count responsibility.

Qualifications:

• Associate (two year) degree preferred, but will consider those with equivalent work experience.
• Minimum four years related professional experience with at least two of those years related to a Planner/Scheduler/Analyst position.
• Demonstrated good oral and written presentation skills.
• Highly self motivated and able to work independently.
• Demonstrated good organizational skills.
• Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel, and Visibility.
• Positive mental attitude and ability to work well in a team environment.

This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To comply with those regulations, this position may require applicants to be U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Company Profile

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Precision Castparts Corp. and its affiliates do not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited resumes will become the property of Precision Castparts Corp & its affiliates, and no fee will be paid.