Strategic Production & Materials Planner

Celestica Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica Inc. in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Production Planner to develop and manage the production schedule for designated products, coordinating with demand forecasts and customer requirements.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with MRP concepts, and the ability to adapt plans in response to capacity and material availability. You will collaborate with procurement, logistics and manufacturing to meet on-time delivery targets.

Qualifications

• Two to four years relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, controls and executes a production schedule for a designated product or products including program coordination.
• Develops production schedules based on actual and forecasted customer demand, product demand profiles and knowledge of the customer.
• Analyzes inputs (capacity, board cycle times, urgency of request, material availability, etc.) to help determine schedule.
• Analyzes internal impact (line scheduling, procurement, logistics, shipping, etc.) of customer scheduling.
• Ensures quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plan.
• Revises plans as required based on analysis of actuals versus plan.
• Manages issues associated with engineering changes to ensure minimal cost exposure, excess materials and risk to customer shipment.
• Participates in the introduction of new products and supports the transfer/de-transfer of existing products through planning and analyzing of common and unique materials in support of project deadlines.
• Communicates information on materials availability to support build plans throughout the product life cycle.
• Maintains knowledge of customer volume fluctuations and determines the materials required.
• Provides information to procurement on demand variances.
• Develops and communicates short- and long-term commitments to customers to ship products.
• Coordinates necessary resources to meet shipment commitments.
• Reviews and reports on aggregate levels of product inventory, inventory exposure, backlog, availability and on-time delivery.
• Develops recovery plans if missed shipments occur.
• Leads continuous improvement of planning processes.
• Facilitates development of processes and best practice models for outbound order fulfillment.
• Provides leadership and support to employees of NAOF.
• Makes decisions surrounding workload allocation and hiring practices.
• Provides expert role to other sites and other departments for North American Order Fulfillment models and practices.
• Provides training, guidance and may assign work to less experienced employees.
• Basic knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes.
• Basic knowledge of production planning fundamentals, scheduling, materials requirements planning techniques and manufacturing control systems
• Basic knowledge of purchasing principles, techniques and philosophies.
• Knowledge of basic computer applications such as WORD, Excel, PowerPoint and multiple business applications.
• Basic understanding of customer needs.
• Good analytical and statistical skills.
• Ability to plan strategically for the coordinated build and delivery of one or several products.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Statistical analysis

Planning

Communication

Time management

Microsoft Excel

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Celestica Inc. in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Production Planner to develop and manage the production schedule for designated products, coordinating with demand forecasts and customer requirements.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with MRP concepts, and the ability to adapt plans in response to capacity and material availability. You will collaborate with procurement, logistics and manufacturing to meet on-time delivery targets.