About this role
The Production Planner is responsible for the strategic development and execution of production schedules for all products assembled in the U.S., as well as overseeing kitting operations to effectively meet customer demand.
Responsibility Level:
The Production Planner will ensure that production schedules align with customer orders, efficiently manage resources, and maintain optimal inventory levels while minimizing costs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct detailed analysis of build requirements prior to finalizing production schedules based on business needs.
- Monitor and track customer orders, providing timely reports on overdue items by business segment.
- Communicate shortages to relevant stakeholders, including plants and buyers, while maintaining stock transfer orders (STOs) for sub-assemblies.
- Generate and report on schedule attainment metrics on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
- Develop and maintain capacity models for various Product Business Units (PBUs) to optimize production flows.
- Identify production order shortages and escalate issues promptly to plants or buyers.
- Manage work orders and maintain STOs for PBUs, ensuring accurate delivery dates.
- Coordinate shipping and receiving activities with warehouse personnel to ensure timely deliveries.
- Provide accurate delivery dates to Customer Service and Production Supervisors for effective planning.
- Expedite production orders as necessary to meet urgent customer demands.
Qualifications Required:
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience in production planning, master scheduling, or Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.
- Proficiency in MRP and/or ERP systems, with a preference for SAP, experience with various MRP tools is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to work with large-scale data sets and advanced reporting tools, such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar data visualization platforms.
- Experience in continuous improvement processes at optimizing workflows, reducing waste, and improving production efficiency.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data, forecast production needs, and drive data-based decision-making.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, capable of collaborating across teams to achieve common goals.
• Key meetings with MX Core Business, to present order management, follow up, urgencies request and support within the area and internal departments
• Key meetings with MX Core Business, to present order management, follow up, urgencies request and support within the area and internal departments
• Key meetings with PR Core Business, to present order management, follow up, urgencies request and support within the area and internal departments.
Responsible of Planning and control of inventories to supply the business, analyzing information for stock supply according to history and demand, preventing shortages or overdemand.
• Maple (dispute) Report Update, (download data, analysis, and clean up)
• Key meetings with NOLA top 10 dispute countries
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About Johnson Controls
At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
Building on a proud history of 140 years of innovation, we deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through OpenBlue, our comprehensive digital offering.
Today, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology and software as well as service solutions from some of the most trusted names in the industry.
Visit www.johnsoncontrols.com for more information.
What you'll do
- The Production Planner is responsible for developing and executing production schedules while overseeing kitting operations to meet customer demand. They will analyze build requirements, monitor customer orders, and manage inventory levels to minimize costs.
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