Production Planner jobs in United States, California, Milpitas

Qualifications

• Partner with manufacturing to perform capacity analysis to support what-if scenarios, forecast changes, planning for production growth, and growth in spares business to support worldwide install base of tools

• Collaborate with key partners (purchasing and engineering) to ensure Engineering Change Orders are communicated to and implemented in manufacturing in an efficient and timely way
• Understands and maintains critical path of BOMs in area of responsibility and drives engineering to maintain BOM alignment to manufacturing process
• Attends and actively participates in manufacturing production status meetings, On-Time-Starts meetings, and all other required meetings
• Open, manage, and close work orders timely to ensure correct factory cost absorption
• Identify potential supply risks and inventory exposures by reconciling material availability against manufacturing capacity and production plan targets. Develop and drive mitigation plans as necessary
• Escalate where and when necessary to management
• Ensure inventory accuracy through cycle count activity and promptly resolve variations through reconciliation activity
• Engage manufacturing teams and key stakeholders in the continuous improvement process to ensure assigned projects are identified, prioritized, and executed to ensure success

Preferred Qualifications:

• APICS certification a plus

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience (low volume high mix preferred) and having supported New Product Introduction and sustaining manufacturing

• Strong presentation and clear communication abilities.

• SAP experience is required

• Articulates thoughts, concepts, and ideas concisely in both formal and informal situations

• Advanced MS Office skills, understanding of vlookup, Pivot tables, tables, chart reporting, and data sorting

• Strong proficiency in organizational and time-management skills

• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills

• Demonstrates adaptability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

• Motivated: enthusiastic; strives for excellence; continually seeks to improve self and company; ability and strong desire to grow with the company

• Ability to support, participate, and simultaneously drive multiple tasks and projects successfully

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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add anlocated inMilpitas, CA.

Reporting to thethein charge of directing the manufacturing operations performed in a shift or group of production lines, ensuring they reach volume, quality and cost goals.

What a typical day looks like:

• Leads the production of several processes/lines in a highly technical environment and responsible for the lines success.
• Evaluates daily/regularly plant operating performance and advises on changes in operating conditions that will improve efficiencies and quality.
• Lead a team of individual professionals (e.g. engineers/officers) to meet quality, cost, delivery and responsiveness requirements.
• Troubleshoot and analyze operational problems and advise on their resolution. Guide regular discussions with operators to coach performance and improve operational understanding and capability.
• Solicits and evaluates ideas for plant improvements and collaborates with qualified engineers to develop project proposals.
• Provides technical and operational advice to project teams.
• May act as principal interface between the operation team and the maintenance function.
• Engage in training and coaching of junior operators.

• Prioritizes production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply in order to meet customer requirements.
• Initiate and participate in process development and cost improvement projects.
• Assist in department budget planning and management of department expenses.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing individuals on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Ensures compliance to manufacturing standards.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Demonstrates operations and technical skills and understanding of Flex functional standards.
• Demonstrates a general knowledge of functional concepts and a rudimentary understanding of Flex policies and procedures.
• Has awareness of the functional impact upon work processes and other functions. Ability to operate telephones, data entry, office software including, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and data base systems.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and customers.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define and solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to collect data, establish facts, interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form, and draw valid conclusions.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement