Production Planning Analyst: Optimize Schedules & Inventory

Kawasaki; Lincoln, Northern (NE, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

Educational reimbursement

Flexible spending account

Employee discount on Kawasaki products

Company fitness center

Daycare discounts

Educational and relocation reimburse m

Job summary

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. seeks a full-time Production Planning Analyst for our Consumer Products manufacturing facility in Lincoln, NE.

The role focuses on creating and maintaining BOMs, supporting production schedules, and driving efficient implementation of engineering changes to optimize inventory and production flow. Responsibilities include coordinating with multiple departments, monitoring schedules, and analyzing systems to improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED).
• Four to six years of scheduling and/or planning experience.
• Ability to demonstrate the skills in sharing and receiving information, feedback, to encourage a trusting and developmental outcome or relationship.
• Must be capable of assessing all forms of communication, verbal and nonverbal, to determine the effectiveness of communication.
• Great work culture with career growth potential.
• Excellent benefits package including medical, vision, dental, 401(k), and many more.
• Paid holidays, educational reimbursement, and flexible spending account available.
• Employee discount for purchase of company products.
• Company fitness center and wellness program available.
• Employee discount to select local daycare providers.
• Educational and relocation reimbursements available.

Responsibilities

• Administering, communicating and improving practices and functions.
• Provide support to Production as needed.
• Create and maintain bill of materials (BOMs) for new and existing vehicles.
• Support production schedule changes to minimize disruption and optimize inventory utilization.
• Set up engineering change orders (ECOs) in our production system to drive an efficient implementation of design changes.
• Set up internal engineering changes orders for supply changes or related situations.
• Work with internal departments on when and how to implement engineering change orders.
• Support the execution of engineering changes into production.
• Troubleshoot inventory management errors to drive solutions and accurate part control.
• Issue cycle count requests to confirm inventory.
• Communicate with Japan office on BOM and ECO related issues
• Review and modify POs from KMC, and work with purchasing
• Focus on the production schedules that will utilize resources in the most optimal way and maintain viable production and inventory plans that best fulfill demand requirements
• Follow all company Policies and Procedures, Quality and Environmental Management Systems (QMS & EMS), Kawasaki Production System (KPS) and any other legal and compliance regulations that may apply such as OSHA.
• Monitor and analyze systems, schedules and work flow
• Research trends in related issues, analyze current processes and recommend applicable changes for improvements to relevant programs
• Create, update and prepare reports using various computer programs
• Provide support and communicate to all levels of the organization for internal and external customers
• Analyze various information to determine out of balance conditions, develop solutions and adjust system parameters to improve efficiencies, support cost down efforts and provide customer service
• Order and monitor and work with all areas within the company to for accurate flow of parts being shipped outside the company
• Initiate orders to be shipped within the system and how the flow works
• Coordinate and work with shipping area for new model shipments
• All jobs may require being on the production floor for extended period of time. This is encouraged to truly understand the flow of how the production and shipping systems work.

Skills

Scheduling experience

Communication skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. seeks a full-time Production Planning Analyst for our Consumer Products manufacturing facility in Lincoln, NE.

The role focuses on creating and maintaining BOMs, supporting production schedules, and driving efficient implementation of engineering changes to optimize inventory and production flow. Responsibilities include coordinating with multiple departments, monitoring schedules, and analyzing systems to improve efficiency.