Senior Production Planner

Senior Production Planner

Permanent

About Heraeus

Making displays foldable? Helping hearts beat with medical innovations? Or breathing new life into precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead.

About Heraeus Covantics

We are one of the leading materials specialists in the production and processing of high-purity quartz glass and other high-quality materials such as ceramics and innovative composites. With a global team of over 2,000 employees and locations in Europe, the USA, and Asia, we specialize in manufacturing semi-finished products, complex system components, and customized solutions for the information and telecommunications industry, the production of specialty fibers for industrial and medical applications, semiconductor manufacturing, and optics.
In our company, you can expect an innovation-driven work environment, global teamwork, and the opportunity to take an active role in social and environmental responsibility. Become part of our team and shape the future with us!

Your role and responsibilities:

• Maintain and support the site Master Schedule production of each manufacturing area in SAP.  Maintains status over orders in process to remain informed of manufacturing stage and, when needed, initiates the necessary steps to maintain conformity with schedules.
• Participates in planning and establishing overall production objectives with consideration given to existing workload, orders, stock, parts requirements, shipping dates, and sales forecasts.
• Coordinates manufacturing order management, interfacing with Customer Service/Sales to turn customer orders and forecasts into manufacturing orders, determine quantity and batch size of all orders and monitor finished goods inventory.
• Issue the Production Orders to the area to match the schedule.
• Update Gemba board in each area daily on schedules completed and complete monthly KPIs on each area schedule attainment.
• Process Purchase Requisitions for raw material requirements while ensuring raw material is available to meet schedule.
• Coordinates schedules with other departments for lead-time required for procurement of tools and materials, subcontracting, to avoid costly delay, customer dissatisfaction, and complaints, as directed by the Planner/Buyer.  Manage Kanban and order requirements for production area consumables to meet schedules.
• Ensure WIP pipeline is healthy to support forecast delivery plan

What is required for this role:

• Bachelor of Science is strongly preferred; High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in materials management, planning and/or purchasing in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience with MRP and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, just in time or pull supply systems, using real time computer scheduling system required.
• Capacity Planning
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software required.
• Knowledge of SAP preferred.