Prod Planning Planner II

Job Title: Prod Planning Planner II

Location: Glendale AZ 85301

Duration: 358 days

Summary of Job:

The Site Integrated Planner plays a critical role in aligning finished good production material availability and distribution requirements with customer needs and inventory goals. This role combines Production Planning (PP) Material Replenishment Planning (MRP) and Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP). The planner ensures an operationally and financially optimized production distribution and material requirements plan that delivers service and inventory goals while supporting efficient and reliable site operations.

Must-have/Required skills:

• Bachelors degree in supply chain management engineering or related field - or equivalent experience
• 2 years experience in production logistics or material planning within a manufacturing or supply chain environment
• Strong mathematical and analytical skill
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving
• Effective communication-both written and verbal
• Collaboration across cross-functional teams
• Attention to details and ownership
• Data interpretation and reporting
• Continuous improvement mind-set
• Ability to develop and maintain detailed SKU production plans
• Ability to identify capacity constraints and adjust plans accordingly
• Ability to create and adjust material requirements schedules based on demand and inventory positions
• Ability to create and manage purchase requisitions and purchase orders
• Ability to monitor inventory levels and mitigate shortages or excess materials
• Ability to generate and maintain distribution replenishment plans
• Ability to analyze short-term supply plans to identify gaps bottlenecks or risks
• Ability to perform root cause analysis and support corrective actions

Nice-to-have skills:

• Proficiency in ERP/MRP systems and planning tools strongly preferred
• Familiarity with planning system features like scenario analysis and capacity management
• Experience using planning systems and scenario analysis tools
• Experience supporting automation and digitalization efforts
• Experience supporting SIOP processes
• Experience maintaining production and material planning parameters and master data

Key responsibilities and duties:

• Develop and maintain a detailed by SKU production plan for a 13-week rolling horizon balancing customer demand inventory levels material availability and capacity.
• Identify capacity constraints and adjust production plans accordingly.
• Integrate new product introductions into the production plan.
• Establish and maintain accurate production planning parameters such as lot sizes yields and safety stock.
• Partner with site teams to maintain accurate production master data including routings.
• Use planning systems and scenario analysis tools to build optimal schedules.
• Collaborate with manufacturing logistics planning and finance teams on scheduling assumptions and performance.
• Create and adjust material requirements schedules based on demand and inventory positions.
• Create and manage purchase requisitions and purchase orders to ensure materials arrive on time and in full.
• Identify material shortages or excess and work with suppliers and procurement to mitigate risks.
• Establish and maintain accurate material planning parameters including MOQ lead times and safety stock.
• Partner with site/division teams to maintain accurate master data including BOMs.
• Align short- and mid-term supply plans with procurement.
• Partner with Procurement on material supply network improvement projects.
• Generate and maintain distribution replenishment plans across downstream locations and channels.
• Balance inventory across the network to avoid stockouts or excess while minimizing logistics costs.
• Release and track transfer orders from the site to receiving warehouses or distribution centers.
• Monitor in-transit and on-hand inventory and take corrective actions as needed.
• Coordinate with warehousing and transportation teams to ensure execution of planned shipments.
• Utilize planning tools and ERP systems to create stock transfer orders and monitor execution.
• Analyze short-term supply plans to identify gaps bottlenecks or risks.
• Report and manage key metrics including MPS Material Availability rate backorder risks inventory within limits and capacity utilization.
• Report and manage gap analysis and planning output metrics including Ship-to-Commit OTIF and inventory levels.
• Monitor adherence to KPIs initiate root cause analysis and support corrective actions for recurrent execution and planning issues.
• Maintain and improve planning systems for production and material planning.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase utilization reduce waste and optimize customer service.
• Adopt and execute integrated planning standards and support automation and digitalization efforts.
• Partner closely with integrated planning roles procurement manufacturing logistics customer service and finance teams.
• Clearly communicate changes in plans and rationale across the organization.
• Support SIOP process by integrating near- and mid-term plans with strategic planning.