Senior Production Control Planner

Molex; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Molex ADS seeks a Senior Production Control Planner to lead complex production scheduling and optimize alignment of demand, materials, inventory, and capacity. You will guide planning activities, resolve constraints, and drive data-driven improvements for schedules and on-time delivery.

The role requires strong analytics, collaboration across Supply Chain and Manufacturing Planning, and mentorship of junior planners in a highly regulated, aerospace-adjacent environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production planning or production control.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and Excel for analysis.
• Ability to manage complex schedules and cross-functional resolution.
• Strong data translation into actionable plans.
• Effective stakeholder guidance without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of production schedules for complex product lines.
• Analyze orders, forecasts, backlog, and demand changes to identify risks.
• Collaborate with procurement, warehouse, engineering, quality, and operations.
• Monitor planning metrics and drive root-cause and corrective actions.
• Provide scenario analysis to optimize resources, lead-times, and throughput.
• Serve as SME for production control processes and ERP/MRP data integrity.
• Mentor less-experienced planners and standardize processes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Leadership potential

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Tools

Glovia

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

Your Job

As a Senior Production Control Planner at Molex ADS, you will lead complex production planning activities that align customer demand, material availability, inventory, and manufacturing capacity. You will provide senior-level guidance across the planning process, resolve high-impact constraints, and use data-driven analysis to improve schedule performance, customer delivery, and operational reliability.

Our Team

You will join the Supply Chain and Manufacturing Planning team, a cross-functional group of demand planners, procurement specialists, and operations partners. The team works closely with Sales, Quality, Engineering, and Plant Operations to balance customer requirements, capacity, inventory, and cost across the business.

What You Will Do

• Lead the development and execution of production schedules for complex product lines, balancing customer priorities, material availability, labor, equipment capacity, and inventory objectives.
• Analyze customer orders, forecasts, backlog, and demand changes to identify risks and recommend planning priorities or recovery actions.
• Partner with procurement, warehouse, engineering, quality, and operations teams to resolve material shortages, capacity constraints, and schedule conflicts.
• Monitor production planning metrics, including on-time delivery, schedule adherence, backlog, inventory, and material availability, and lead root-cause and corrective-action efforts.
• Provide scenario analysis and recommendations to support resource allocation, lead-time reduction, inventory optimization, and improved throughput.
• Serve as a subject-matter resource for production control processes, ERP/MRP data integrity, planning parameters, and scheduling best practices.
• Mentor less-experienced planners and help standardize planning processes, reporting, and continuous-improvement practices across the team.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in production planning, production control, material requirements planning (MRP), inventory control, or a related manufacturing planning function.
• Advanced proficiency with ERP/MRP systems, such as Glovia, SAP, or Oracle, and Microsoft Excel for planning, analysis, and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex schedules, assess competing priorities, and drive cross-functional resolution of material or capacity constraints.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into clear recommendations and executable action plans.
• Effective communication and influencing skills, including the ability to guide stakeholders and lead initiatives without direct authority.

What Will Put You Ahead

• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification.
• Experience leading planning improvements, ERP/MRP optimization, or cross-functional scheduling initiatives.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, Power Query, macros, or VBA, and experience with Power BI or Tableau.
• Production planning experience in aerospace and defense, electronics, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of advanced planning and scheduling tools or capacity-planning methodologies.

For this role, we anticipate paying $85,000 - $105,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

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Our Benefits

• - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.