Production Planner

Production Planner

Heraeus Precious Metals

Location Santa Fe Springs – California

Permanent  

Full Time

Pay Range Min.  $50,000.00 

Pay Range Max.  $75,000.00 

 

Heraeus, the German based technology group is a leading international family-owned company formed in 1851. We create high-quality solutions for our customers by combining material expertise with technological know-how. Our ideas are focused on themes such as environment, energy, health, mobility, and industrial applications. In 2015 Heraeus generated revenues without precious metals of €1.9 bn and a total revenue of €12.9 bn. in more than 100 subsidiaries in 38 countries we offer our worldwide 12,500 employees the freedom to develop and promote their own ideas. We call it: Open Space. For Open Minds.®

The primary responsibility of this position is to ensure sufficient feed for production, while keeping backlog and financing costs to a minimum.  

Your role and responsibilities:

• Coordination between Sales, Customer Service and Production to ensure OTD of orders and ensuring timely processing and sampling of Customer Material 

• Coordination of intra-company material flow, amongst all Recycling sites 

• Selecting material for external processing and coordinating with the subcontracting team.  

• Providing sufficient feed to production to meet weekly output targets. 

• Scheduling orders based on customer requirements and production capacity.  

• Capacity planning in alignment with production 

• Generate daily and weekly production plans, as well as short-term forecasting of production output.  

• Prepare capacity overviews and coordinate the right production capacity. 

• Plan and coordinate production orders and raw materials / MRP-planning. 

• Ensuring a smooth production process, including coordination of the right materials in the right amount at the right time, in the right place in order to secure the on-time delivery of production. 

What is required for this role:

• Understands the process flow in the refinery. 

• Experience with SAP or similar MRP software in the modules Master data (MM) and Production planning (PP) (preferred)

• Secure handling of Microsoft Outlook and Excel 

• Good command of English spoken and written 

• Independent and goal-oriented way of working 

• Fun in the coordination of complex processes, organizational skills and an entrepreneurial mindset 

• High degree of sense of responsibility as well as strong communication and team skills 

Candidates, interested in requisition [[id]] , are invited to apply online or contact Shandell M Martinez for further questions – both will of course be treated confidentially.