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Job Location drjobs

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a highperformance organization with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3000 employees across operations in North America.

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The Production Planner is accountable for daily detailed scheduling and production plans for single/multiple manufacturing facilities using SAPs Advanced Planning Optimization (APO) system. The Production Planner delivers a high level of service of assigned production plants and transfer lanes with the lowest landed cost planning solution for all products made at each plant location. In addition to the C planning responsibilities the incumbent will play a key role in inventory management functions for the Logistics team. The incumbent plays a key role between customer service manufacturing and transportation by ensuring an effective flow of communication regarding product availability of lowest landed cost planning and minimization of inefficient freight. The incumbent reports to the Logistics Manager.

What Youll Do:

  • Providedetailed scheduling production plans for single/multiple manufacturing facilities using an APO planning platform: 50
    • Providing timely delivery of daily production plans while adhering to planning best practice methodology.
    • Understanding and incorporating manufacturing constraints in scheduling rules in order to maximize resource efficiency and minimize inventory stockouts.
    • Providing proactive communication with key plant personnel to ensure adherence to schedule and processes.
    • Collaborating with plant personnel to develop plan of action for shortages including scheduled and unscheduled downtime to ensure high customer service.
  • Executeinterplant transfer strategies to enable high service of nonmake items and recognizes capacity constraints within manufacturing facilities to maintain high service at lowest landed cost: 30
    • Executing of interplant transfers rail replenishments and order movements to maximize customer service while minimizing freight expenses.
    • Manages all planning tools including master data to execute effective planning resulting in timely service and reduce/avoid excess and obsolete inventory.
    • Monitors material availability and outbound interplant transfer service while managing truck building/rearranging process of interplant transfers to support actual customer order service goals.
  • Executeinventory target methodology analyzes inventory across all manufacturing facilities ensures compliance to inventory targets and manages excess and obsolete inventory. 20
    • Manages make and transfer master data for each production facility to help facilitate both short term production and long term demand supply matching exercises.
    • Works closely with finance measures excess and obsolete inventory and develops action plans to reduce inefficient inventory with both proactive and reactive processes.

What Youll Bring:

  • Demonstrated ability to identify and understand issues or problems using data and use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing an appropriate solution.
  • Demonstrated advanced analytical skills with the various features of spreadsheet and basic software (Microsoft Excel Word PowerPoint Outlook Internet and other proprietary software).
  • Knowledge of production planning best practice methodologies for multiple manufacturing facilities.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with plant personnel to develop action plans in reaction to product/production issues while still ensuring a highlevel of customer service.
  • Knowledge of supply chain transportation and logistics.
  • Ability to drive adherence to planning best practices and procedures.
  • Superior interpersonal and written/oral communication skills with the ability to relate well and cooperate with others to effectively.
  • Demonstrated ability to build strategic working relationships while holding others and selfaccountable for deliverables.
  • Demonstrated ability to act independently upon information and make decisions that achieve optimal results.
  • Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and prioritize workload while paying attention to detail.
  • Demonstrated ability to function as a strong team player.
  • Bachelors Degree in Business Science Operations Engineering or related field required. Degree must be from an accredited institution.
  • 2 or more years of experience in an analytical position.
  • 1 year of planning experience required
  • Direct supply chain experience.
  • SAP/APO planning experience required.
  • Material Replenishment Program (MRP) deployment Constrained Production Planning (CPP) and/or replenishment solutions experience (preferred).

What Youll Receive:

Benefits available include:

  • Comprehensive lowcost copay medical insurance; as well as vision insurance benefits for every 30 hour fulltime employee. Insurance starts on day one!

  • Life insurance

  • Shortterm and longterm disability insurance

  • 401(k) Retirement plan that will match 100 of employees saved dollars up to the first 6 of your salary

  • Paid Time Off

  • 11 paid holidays per year paid vacation including Jury Duty and bereavement leave

  • Paid sick leave

  • Wellness Program

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Parental Leave

  • Tuition reimbursement

  • Employee Stock Purchase Program

  • And moreJH Benefits At A Glance 2025

Apply now and come home to Hardie!

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James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color gender sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity/expression genetic information veterans status marital status pregnancy disability or any other basis protected by law.

Employment Type

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