Production Planner

Eaton’s Electrical division is currently seeking a Production Planner to join our team in Richmond, VA. Relocation assistance available within the US.

The Production Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining short and long-term plans and performing all required duties related to planning, scheduling, and expediting for specified families of product to maximize customer service, minimize inventory, and make efficient use of purchased resources. Daily work will include releasing orders for manufacture, reviewing BOM’s & routings, coordinating intra-plant priorities, and coordinating with other departments. Follow standardized practices, policies, and procedures with minimal supervision, and select alternative methods where appropriate to achieve service and investment goals.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86,000 - $126,000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

• Verify orders are properly scheduled in our MRP/ERP systems, resolve scheduling conflicts and maintain the data integrity of the PDI schedule.
• Provide timely communication to both internal and external customers related to order status including advance warnings of shipping delays, shipment confirmations and rescheduling notices.
• Make decisions related to production priorities and expedites based on the overall business and customer needs. You will adjust forecasted daily and weekly capacity and product mix.
• Track major project milestones and key job characteristics of released and planned releases of orders to provide accurate forecasting information.
• Create daily or weekly schedules of production lines as needed. Monitor capacity constraints or bottlenecks.
• Make recommendations regarding hourly staffing and overtime.
• Shows the highest level of responsibility and accountability for OTD. Works with Master Scheduler, Supply Chain Manager, and Production Manager to improve overall plant metrics.
• Anticipate the phasing out of discontinued products, the phasing in or new products to minimize obsolescing inventory and maintain good customer relations by scheduling the introduction of new products at the agreed upon time and have inventory available for scheduled promotions.
• Analyze and prepare reports on inventory levels and usage; recommends future inventory policies.
• Determines detailed material requirements using bills of material, prints, and computer-generated reports, as source data
• Print drawings and create job packs from ERP output for use by the floor as required. Ensure job packs are handled and released to the floor according to standard and policy.
• Maintain all planning material master data in ERP, including lot sizes, safety stocks, material replenishment types, lead times in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Report on scheduled units/dollars and actual versus quoted lead times.
• Attend daily production and other business segment meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

This role could be the next step in your career if you demonstrate the following experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum of two (2) years of experience in Materials Planning, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operation, Engineering or combination of these functions OR High School Diploma with minimum of three (3) years of experience in Materials Planning, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operation, Engineering or combination of these functions

You will set yourself apart by demonstrating some or all of the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering from an accredited institution
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.).

We will not consider candidates who:

• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc

Keys to role success:

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a matrix environment, get results and drive change through others
• Ability to manage by influence through solid relationships and process focus
• Ability to effectively present results and recommendations to senior-level executive team
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Effective communication and team leadership skills are essential. Ability to drive results by developing and empowering teams
• Proven experience in process development, implementation and sustainability #LI-LR1

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.