Production Planner at WEG Canada

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

17 Aug, 26

Salary

75000.0

Posted On

19 May, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Production Scheduling, Resource Analysis, Capacity Monitoring, Critical Path Identification, Variance Investigation, Level-loading, MRP Software, SAP, Microsoft Excel, Problem Solving, Interpersonal Communication, Customer Service

Industry

electrical;Appliances;and Electronics Manufacturing

Description

Description Electric Machinery Company, a division of WEG Electric Corp. Minneapolis, Minnesota Position: Production Planner Department: Production Planning and Control Reports to: Production and Planning Manager Primary Objective of Position: The Production Planner is responsible for creating, organizing, guiding and scheduling production. Provides resource analysis, detailed manufacturing schedules and production plans. Carries out studies and projections to avoid bottlenecks while monitoring the production process in order to optimize capacity, utilization and quality. Major Areas of Accountability: Responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining summary schedules to meet customer demand. Acts as primary information conduit between operations and commercial departments. Performs schedule analysis such as critical path identification, schedule risk identification, and variance investigation. Performs capacity monitoring and analysis to identify and resolve capacity constraints using proven industry best-practices such as level-loading, expediting, and outsourcing. Proactively identifies and manages the resolution of critical schedule issues. Leads resolution of urgent product manufacturing issues to support master schedule Integrates, maintains and analyzes primary data related to project backlog and history. Compiles and analyzes Key Performance and Visual Management Indicators. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Bachelor’s Degree in Operations, Business, or similar; or equivalent work experience. Demonstrated competency strength in initiative, problem solving, customer service, and interpersonal communication skills. Three to Five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment. Comfortable with Microsoft Office products (focus on Excel), proficiency preferred. Familiar with MRP software, SAP strongly preferred. Physical Requirements: Work is performed in both an office and manufacturing environment. Requires the ability to routinely move throughout the office and manufacturing facility to perform work. Requires the ability to routinely lift up to 15 lbs . Requires the ability to ascend and descend stairs daily to reach all areas of the manufacturing facility. Salary: $65,000 to $75,000 Will compensate with experience. Position is full-time. Company cannot provide sponsorship for this position Please, no agencies

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Responsibilities

The Production Planner is responsible for creating and scheduling production plans to optimize capacity, utilization, and quality. They act as the primary link between operations and commercial departments to resolve schedule issues and monitor key performance indicators.