Itl Planner Foggia

Itl Planner
Foggia
Puglia, Foggia

Position Summary**:Reporting to the Regional Purchasing Manager, the Production Planner is responsible for determining production priorities and setting the production schedule to support customer requirements, monitoring kanbans/blanket orders, and purchasing related materials.

**Primary/Essential Responsibilities**:

- Develop production plans and set production schedules in support of customer delivery requirements and manufacturing capacity

- Collaborate with manufacturing to manage capacity constraints, with engineering on new item introduction processes and with buyers for the correct supply demand planning

- Generate and release accurate production orders in ERP system based on customer required date

- Propose and ensure the use of available materials to reduce the inventory and the obsolescence

- Communicate to engineering any improvement to the BOM through an Engineering Change Request and assure to close the loop

- Monitor the WIP and ensure timely completion of production work orders and correct fulfilment in ERP system

- Release and expedite purchase order against established "blanket" or "kanban" orders in the ERP system; collaborate with the buyer/senior buyer on the transition of expiring blankets and agreements.

- Propose improvement ideas on the number and management of the Kanban materials

- In agreement with the Purchasing Manager, develop and execute improvements to focus on inventory reduction and elimination of material shortages

- Gather and report established metrics related to own activities/responsibilities to guarantee the monitoring and improvement of related KPI

- Regular interactions with functional department staff heads and other internal stakeholders, as well as external relationships with suppliers, customers and other G&W employees as required

- Consults with manager when making decisions regarding complex or unusual circumstances

- All other duties as required

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain or related field

- Working knowledge of ERP systems required, X3, JDE Oracle preferred

- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a production planning role within a make to order/engineered to order manufacturing environment

- Excellent computer skills, including advanced skills in MS Excel, Word, Access, Project, etc.

- Ability to multi-task under pressure in a high-paced environment

- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

- Strong communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written English

- Results-oriented, self-motivated individual with a sense of initiative

- Ability to work independently and as a team player while solving problems and multitasking in a deadline-driven environment

- Ability to independently identify and develop solutions to problems that may arise in the course of work

- Ability to respond effectively to inquiries or comments from internal clients

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Capable of working on concurrent projects or supporting portions of larger, more complex projects following established guidelines

- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools and principles

- Working knowledge of manufacturing systems