Production Planner
Job Description
<p><strong>Overview</strong></p><p><br></p><p>We are a technology company that aims to help people return home safely from their worksites by building smart safety systems. We have a hyper focused safety culture that puts our customers and our employee safety first. As a company, we aim for stable and sustained business growth and this strategy has supported our growth. We hire carefully to ensure our growth strategy as well as culture fit and value each hire tremendously. We hugely value learning and continuous improvement and believe strongly in furthering the careers of all our employees. We recognize that our careers can take us in different directions, and we value retention by recognizing and even encouraging this diverse career growth. Being a global organization, we are well positioned to have varied opportunities within the organization to support growth in different directions. Our compensation and benefits packages are competitive.</p><p><br></p><p>MSA is an organization that respects boundaries, encourages people to unplug and recharge, and prioritizes the well-being of everyone on the team, all while sustaining reasonable growth and remaining committed to our meaningful mission.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Purchasing of raw materials and components, taking into account cost, quality and timeline considerations. Optimization of purchasing processes to ensure that all operational procurement activities can be carried out with the highest possible efficiency.</p><p><br></p><p>Ensuring on-schedule production to meet customer demands. Alignment of production capacity and preparation of a cost-efficient production plan.</p><p><br></p><p>Adjust key drivers for CX (e.g. lead times, safety stocks) and product costs (e.g. minimum order quantities, production lot sizes) to balance customer satisfaction and product costs .</p><p><br></p><p>Purchasing of Raw Materials and Components & Production Scheduling</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Create purchase orders, delivery schedules</li><li>Monitor order confirmations, delivery dates and quantities</li><li>Expedite deliveries if needed, define emergency and improvement plans with suppliers</li><li>Negotiate with suppliers on terms of delivery.</li><li>Create production orders</li><li>Monitor delivery dates and quantities of production orders</li><li>Align production capacity, by indicating upcoming demands</li><li>Expedite late production orders, align delays or capacity shortages with Front End Logistics/Customer Service</li><li>KPI: Team Near Hits participation/Team LTI TIRR OTIF/Efficiency</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Performance Management & Master Data</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Calculate, publish, and analyze key performance metrics related to production planning. supplier on-time delivery and customer on-time delivery.</li><li>Support sourcing in supplier evaluation processes.</li><li>Maintain SAP master data (materials, suppliers)</li><li>KPI: Team Near Hits participation/Team LTI TIRR OTIF/Efficiency</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Process Improvement</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Actively drive and participate in SCM process improvement projects</li><li>KPI: Team Near Hits participation/Team LTI TIRR OTIF/Efficiency</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong> Experience (required): </strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Several years of experience as a Planner and/or Buyer</li><li>Good knowledge in SAP and MS-Office (esp. Excel)</li><li>Good English skills</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong> Experience (preferred): </strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Experience gained in a manufacturing company</li><li>Negotiating with suppliers</li><li>Capacity planning/scheduling with SAP</li><li>Supplier management</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong> Education (required): </strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Industrial Business Management Education or bachelor’s degree</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong> Education (preferred): </strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering</li></ul>
