Jabil
SeniorPlanner
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“Senior Planner at Jabil. Skills: Production planning, Master Production Schedule, Capacity planning, Material requirements. Manage planning activities. Mentor Production Planners”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure 100% on-time delivery; Achieve 95% MPS goal
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Resolution on uneven capacity
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree + 5 years experience, Masters + 3 years experience, PhD without experience, 5 years of related experience, 3 years of related experience
Nice to Have
APICS certification, Supervisor experience
What You'll Do.
Manage planning activities
Mentor Production Planners
Mentor Document Coordinators
Ensure 100% on-time delivery
Establish build readiness
Maintain efficiency of capacity
Maintain customer sizing
Maintain accurate revenue forecasting
Maintain material control
Develop Master Production Schedule
Include Purchase Order coverage
Reconcile MPS to customer PO
Ensure MPS is accurate
Ensure MPS is achievable
Own production planning
Analyze material requirements
Analyze capacity requirements
Communicate constraints to Workcell
Communicate constraints to customer
Maintain workcell capacity planning
Drive resolution on uneven capacity
Meet daily with Workcell
Meet daily with manufacturing
Assess production schedules
Adjust production schedules
Optimize run quantities
Maintain customers' latest contract
Be familiar with contract terms
Support Production Planner goal
Lead Workcell on BOM creation
Lead Workcell on routing creation
Manage End-of-Life (EOL)
Own EOL build schedule
Manage Jabil purge process
Adhere to safety rules
Adhere to health rules
Comply with security policy
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Workcell teams; Manufacturing team; Customer demand
Full Job Description
At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe. JOB SUMMARY Manage all planning activities for the dedicated assigned workcell and mentor the Production Planners and Document Coordinators in the workcell. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Ensure 100% on-time delivery. • Establish build readiness. • Maintain efficiency of capacity and customer sizing. • Maintain accurate revenue forecasting. • Maintain material control and liability. • Develop Master Production Schedule (MPS) and load into Jabil’s ERP system, including Purchase Order (PO) coverage. • Reconcile the MPS to customer PO coverage weekly to ensure that Jabil is not exposed over and above customer PO coverage or other authorized customer demand. • Ensure the MPS is always 100% accurate and achievable. • Achieve and maintain 95% MPS goal. • Own production planning, BOM and document control with or without additional support. • Analyze material and capacity requirements and communicate constraints to the Workcell and customer based on accurate customer demand. • Maintain the workcell’s capacity planning model; drive resolution on uneven capacity utilization that keeps Jabil focused on the customer but efficiently utilizing manufacturing resources. • Meet daily with the Workcell and manufacturing team to assess production schedules, (adjust as necessary based on production results) optimize run quantities, and minimize changeovers to help achieve 100% on time delivery. • Maintain the customers’ latest contract on f
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