MSA, The Safety Company
Production Planner I/II/III
US-PA-Cranberry Twp
Requisition ID: 2024-8056
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Operations (MissionOPS)
Overview
Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.
At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.
Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.
Responsibilities
- Use ERP generated reports or planned orders to convert to production plan, acknowledging incoming supply of materials, inventory availability, resource constraints, and internal/external customers’ needs. Ensure production orders are kept up to date to provide accurate MRP signals.
- Utilize SAP demand signals to understand workload per responsible production line and aid the capacity planning process.
- Use SAP exception messaging to expedite, de-expedite, reschedule and re-plan your work centers based on internal/external customers’ dynamically changing needs.
- Work closely with the NPD project team as it relates to master data set up, workload planning, driving demand signals in SAP, and scheduling beta and stock builds to ensure production readiness.
- Ensure execution of production plan through verbal and electronic communication of production schedule to the assigned Production Supervisor(s) and Group Leader(s). Communicate schedule changes to PLM and Customer Service as necessary.
- Apply the MSA Operating System to correctly identify root causes of problems and drive corrective action results.
Qualifications
Skills, knowledge and abilities required:
- Sufficient technical proficiency to perform various complex supply chain analysis. This will involve pulling data from multiple sources on a regular basis and combining to create a full picture of demand. Monitoring and identifying opportunities to clean data is an important part of the job.
- Proven ability to model disciplined execution following detailed standard work, maintaining a high level of attention to detail, driving efficiency, productivity and personal accountability.
- Demonstrated innovative and technological mindset to ensure master data integrity and accuracy, seek out latest industry trends, road-map future technology and champion early adoption.
- Sound ability to make data driven and analytical decisions by identifying trends and opportunities, making problems visible, and utilizing financial acumen to justify investments and influence decisions.
- Proven success in challenging the status quo to drive continuous improvement promoting the use of root cause problem solving, valuing new ideas, inspiring others, and demonstrating effective use of change management principles.
- Proven success in building partnerships, influencing others, and communicating effectively both in verbal and written form, seeking diverse perspectives, and strong emotional intelligence to enable cross functional collaboration.
- Ability to prioritize personal development by modeling a growth mindset, demonstrating openness to feedback, and pursuing ongoing learning.
Education and Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Business Management or related field
This position is available at three different career levels based upon education and experience:
- Level I: no experience required
- Level II: 4 years of planning, transportation, logistics and/or purchasing experience
- Level III: 6 years of planning, transportation, logistics and/or purchasing experience
Preferred:
- CPIM or CPM accreditation, APICS
- MBA
- Source planning with MSA affiliates
- Experience with SAP for production planning and control
- Demonstrated problem solving skills using data analysis (MS Excel proficiency)
- Demonstrated ability to influence and communicate
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