Nvent
ProductionPlanner
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“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.
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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