3M Production Planning Analyst Monroe NC 

United States, North Carolina, Monroe 

954335874

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
The person hired for the position ofProduction Plannerwill manage supply chain product flow to support customer requirements. Schedules procurement and manufacturing for a specified group of products. Reviews material flow parameters such as order quantity, lot size, make cycle frequency, replenishment interval, and recommends appropriate levels to support the business/customer requirements. Manages raw material and semi-finished inventory buffer quantities. Monitors and reports capacity requirements, special order and stock service levels.

As a
Production Planner, 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:

• Lead cross functional projects across the business to effectively drive change in service, cost, and inventory.

• Develops and maintains operating rhythms to ensure smooth supply chain operations, aligning supply with demand.

• Maintains relevant planning master data and supports new product introduction and phase-in phase out material business processes, and associated change management processes.

• Provides a high degree of planning analysis to support decision making.

• Publishes and presents service and inventory metrics and results.

• Identifies and leads projects that improve supply chain speed and inventory investment. Review and reports on project progress with management.

• Works closely with the business unit to understand customer requirements and forecasts. Works closely with manufacturing to ensure alignment to business requirements by setting and maintaining sufficient inventory levels and lead times.

• Actively manage working and non-working inventories in assigned businesses to maintain compliance and achieve inventory investment targets.

• Utilize Supply Chain tools and processes such as SAP, EWM, Power BI.

• Utilize Lean Six Sigma methodologies to improve service, inventory turns, and non-working inventory

• Utilize Supply Chain parameter management tools to optimize planning parameters (safety stock, lot size, EOQ, Loop & Supermarket, lead time)

Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:

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

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in supply chain, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, production, and/or customer service in a private, public, government or military environment

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

• APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) CPIM certification is preferred. If not complete at the time this position is assumed, the certification will become part of the employee professional development plan as agreed between management and the employee.

• Six Sigma Green Belt project experience and/or certification

• Experience with an ERP (e.g. SAP, Oracle, etc…)

• Experience in Lean Scheduling or Lean Manufacturing

• Experience with Microsoft VBA Macros, SQL, MS Cloud Apps (e.g. Teams, SharePoint, Power BI).

• Proficient in Microsoft office – (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

• Experience with a Manufacturing Execution and/or Planning System (e.g. SAP, Proprietary, Oracle, JDA, etc…)

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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