Senior Production Planner

Westinghouse Electric; Warrendale (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented Operations Coordinator to enhance production efficiency. In this role, you will engage in weekly production meetings, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and manage production orders using SAP. Your expertise in project management and operations will be crucial in ensuring that procurement and manufacturing processes stay on track. This position offers a dynamic work environment where your organizational skills and willingness to learn will be highly valued. If you are ready to take on challenges and drive operational excellence, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in a similar role required.
• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office is essential.

Responsibilities

• Participate in weekly production meetings and collaborate with various teams.
• Create and maintain production orders and bills of material in SAP.

Skills

SAP PP module

SAP QM module

Excel

P-6

Enovia

Sharepoint

Education

Bachelor’s degree in project management

Bachelor’s degree in operations management

Bachelor’s degree in business management

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Daily Operations:

1. Participate in weekly production meetings with planning, manufacturing engineering, project engineering, and project management.
2. Work with the planning lead and scheduler to status progress in project schedules.
3. Collaborate with project team, shop technicians, QC, QA, supply chain, planning, and manufacturing engineering when issues arise.
4. Create/maintain production orders in SAP.
5. Work with Manufacturing Engineering and shop Technicians in the development of production order operations.
6. Participate in weekly Purchasing meetings to ensure procurements are on schedule.
7. Track open demand activities (purchase requisitions, purchase orders, inspection lots, and production orders) to ensure projects stay on schedule.
8. Work with Quality Control to prioritize inspections of procured and manufactured goods.
9. Work with Shop Manager on the weekly schedule for work assignments.
10. Release material picks to the storeroom for material issued to production orders.
11. Manufacturing Transformation Initiative support.
12. Create/maintain bills of material in SAP for representative product drawings.
13. Provide labor estimates for representative product drawings.

Required Skills:

• Proficient in SAP particularly PP and QM modules.
• Strong background in Excel preferred.
• Familiar with P-6, Enovia, and Sharepoint.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:

• Bachelor’s degree (project, operations, or business management preferred).
• Minimum of 8-10 years previous experience in a similar role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Superb organizational skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills.
• A willingness to learn.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office products.