Remote SAP S/4HANA APS Production Planner

Georg Fischer Ltd.; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Georg Fischer Ltd. in Irvine, CA, is seeking a senior Production Planning professional to own and optimize end-to-end planning processes across APS and SAP S/4HANA.

You will drive governance, standards, and enhancements while collaborating with IT and business teams to ensure plans reflect constraints, capacities, and priorities. The role requires extensive experience in production planning, strong analytical capabilities, and proficiency with Excel and BI tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations management, industrial engineering, business, information systems, or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in production planning, supply chain management, and business process ownership within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, MRP, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory management, and manufacturing operations.
• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA production planning or related supply chain processes.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into process improvements and system solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and business intelligence/reporting tools.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve end-to-end production planning processes across APS and SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Establish and maintain planning standards, governance, workflows, and business rules.
• Drive process consistency while accommodating legitimate operational requirements across manufacturing sites.
• Support deployment, stabilization, and continuous enhancement of APS solutions.
• Partner with business and IT teams to define requirements, testing strategies, integrations, and process improvements.
• Analyze planning performance and identify opportunities to improve service levels, inventory performance, production schedules, and resource utilization.
• Lead root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions to address recurring planning issues.
• Develop and maintain planning metrics, reports, and dashboards to support operational decision-making.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain/related field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Georg Fischer Ltd. in Irvine, CA, is seeking a senior Production Planning professional to own and optimize end-to-end planning processes across APS and SAP S/4HANA.

You will drive governance, standards, and enhancements while collaborating with IT and business teams to ensure plans reflect constraints, capacities, and priorities. The role requires extensive experience in production planning, strong analytical capabilities, and proficiency with Excel and BI tools.