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3M Production Planning Analyst 
United States, Minnesota, Fairmont 
814124898

17.12.2024


Production Planning Analyst

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Production Planning Analyst, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

  • Planning production schedules for assigned work centers to meet customer requirements while maximizing work center operational efficiency
  • Utilizing JDA Factory Planner (MRP) to make data driven production scheduling, capacity management, and procurement decisions
  • Procuring materials and communicating with suppliers on future requirements to ensure the production plan is met
  • Exhibiting strong written and verbal communication skills to collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Business Supply Chain, Quality, Supply Planning, and Demand Planning teams, as well as active participation in the Tier process
  • Partnering with business teams to understand customer requirements and forecasts. Working closely with the manufacturing team, value stream leadership, and Supply Planners to prioritize and resolve supply constraints to balance service, inventory, and cost to meet business targets
  • Owning planning-related performance metrics including On-Time, In-Full shipments (OTIF), backlog, and production plan attainment for assigned work centers and managing to meet targets
  • Managing assigned working and non-working inventories to maintain compliance and achieve inventory investment targets
  • Executing production planning standard work with supply chain tools, IT systems, and processes
  • Actively managing parameters including optimizing and maintaining production lot sizes, production cycles, and safety stocks to deliver the desired balance between service and inventory
  • Identifying, leading, and participating in Continuous Improvement projects that increase customer service, inventory investment, product flow, and supply chain efficiency


To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, or Industrial Engineering from an accredited institution
  • Two (2) years of combined experience in production planning, supply chain, logistics and/or manufacturing in a private, public, government or military environment
  • Experience in Production Planning
  • Professional certifications including ASCM (APICS) CPIM or CSCP
  • Knowledge of Supply Planning (SP), Demand Planning (DP), and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes
  • 3M systems experience (Factory Planner, PMCS, Peoplesoft, SAP)
  • Advanced Microsoft Office suite skills
  • Strong data mining, data analysis, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
  • Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, and self-motivation skills
  • Experience working on cross-functional teams
  • Experience utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, and/or Continuous Improvement methodologies

Work location:

  • Fairmont, MN

Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.

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