Nvent

ProductionPlanner

$63–117k Anoka, Minnesota, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Production Planner at Nvent. Skills: Production planning, Scheduling, Inventory management, Problem solving. Analyze component availability. Analyze value stream workload”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve efficiency; Minimize human involvement; Ensure on-time program launches; Drive improvements in promise date accuracy; Improve production attainment

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Problem solving; Conflict resolution; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

2+ years experience in production planning, 2+ years experience in scheduling, 2+ years experience in materials, 2+ years experience in supply, communication skills, collaboration skills, Analytical abilities, problem solving abilities, Experience with conflict resolution, Experience with project management

Nice to Have

Bachelor’s degree in business preferred, Bachelor’s degree in supply chain preferred, Experience in JDE ERP preferred, Experience in other ERP systems preferred, CPIM certification preferred

What You'll Do.

Analyze component availability

Analyze value stream workload

Assign accurate delivery dates

Optimize production schedules

Monitor production progress

Resolve issues cross functionally

Handle customer inquiries

Provide input to sales

Provide input to operations planning

Initiate corrective action

Coordinate issue resolution

Inform operations of critical situations

Inform management of critical situations

Lead daily direction with operations

Provide daily direction with operations

Lead critical prioritization with operations

Provide critical prioritization with operations

Align with published production plan

Maintain accurate records

Process order changes

Process order cancellations

Identify excess inventory

Identify obsolete inventory

Determine root cause of inventory issues

Determine disposition of inventory issues

Take corrective action for inventory issues

Develop strategies to improve efficiency

Minimize human involvement

Collaborate on component availability

Collaborate on lead time

Establish production schedules

Establish optimal production sequencing

Support new product implementation

Drive new product implementation

Ensure on-time program launches

Identify capacity issues

Address material constraints

Address equipment problems

Address quality problems

Drive improvements in promise date accuracy

Develop scenarios for production schedules

Develop contingency plans for production schedules

Analyze production attainment misses

Develop action plans for production attainment misses

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross functional teams; Buyers; Operations; Planning; Sales; Program management; Procurement; Customer service; Engineering; SIOP; Partner plants

Process & Methodology

Project management

Full Job Description

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. **WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:** * **Scheduling & System Accuracy: **Analyze component availability and value stream workload to assign accurate delivery dates for customized products, optimize production schedules, and monitor progress. * **Communication & Collaboration: **Work cross functionally with buyers, operations and planning to resolve issues, handle customer inquiries, and provide input to sales and operations planning. Solicit feedback, initiate corrective action and coordinate resolution of issues. Keep operations and management informed of critical situations. Lead and provide daily direction and critical prioritization with operations, program management, procurement, customer service, engineering, SIOP, and other partners in alignment with published production plan. * **Inventory & Order Management:** Maintain accurate records, review forecasts, and process all order changes and cancellations. Identify excess and obsolete inventory, determine root cause and disposition, and take corrective action. * **Part Planning:** Develop and implement strategies to improve efficiency and minimize human involvement. Collaborate with buyers and partner plants on component availability/lead time and production planning team to establish production schedules and optimal production sequencing to an executable plan. Support and take action to drive new product implementation to ensure successful and on-time program launches. * **Problem Solving:** Identify and resolve capacity/load issues, material constraints, address equipment/quality problems, and initiate corrective action. Drive improvements in promise date accuracy for orders across multiple value streams. Develop scenarios and contingency plans to production schedul

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