Senior Planner
Avantor
- Macedonia, OH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Education: Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics Management or related field is required
- Experience: Minimum 5 years in production planning experience is required
- Problem solving techniques training, i.e., Lean, Six Sigma
- Certification(s): APICS certification is preferred
- Collaboration Tool: Microsoft Office experience required; Word and Excel proficiency highly preferred
- Preferred Qualifications:
- SAP experience
- ERP experience
- Monitor demand and capacity for the purpose of generating a weekly schedule that meets customer requirements and addresses any imbalances
- Work closely with finished goods planning and material planning team to ensure proper coverage and accurate schedules
- Partner with Operations, Quality and Warehouse and Shipping teams to address constrains, or opportunities by collaboratively addressing and escalating as appropriate
- Adjust the production schedule to accommodate near-term customer orders that differ from the agreed sales and operations planning (S&OP)
- Identify Supply Response imbalances and address appropriate response
- Anticipate potential issues by comparing demand with supply in the short term and midterm
- Leverage new product introduction plans from research and development and/or new product innovation teams into production plans
- Use and maintain current capacity planning systems to create the best capacity schedules using established processes
- Familiarity with the standard demand planning system features like best-fit/what-if analysis, class/characteristic identification
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Ability to understand and complete projects and tasks as assigned; follow process & procedures.
- Perform duties with the highest regard for safety and quality.
- Ability to multi-task and follow directions accurately.
- High interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to make quick decisions and work independently.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Open minded collaborative and team-oriented attitude.