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Production Planner (Aerospace)

Celestica
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Production Planner (Aerospace)

Req ID: 122224 
Region: Americas 
Country: USA 
State/Province: Arizona 
City:  Tucson 

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

  • Plans, organizes, controls and executes a production schedule for a designated product or products including program coordination.
  • Develops production schedules based on actual and forecasted customer demand, product demand profiles and knowledge of the customer.
  • Analyzes inputs (e.g., capacity, board cycle times, urgency of request, material availability, etc.) to help determine schedule.
  • Analyzes internal impact (e.g., line scheduling, procurement, logistics, shipping, etc.) of customer scheduling.
  • Ensures quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plan.
  • Revises plans as required based on analysis of actuals versus plan.
  • Manages issues associated with engineering changes to ensure minimal cost exposure, excess materials and risk to customer shipment.
  • Participates in the introduction of new products and supports the transfer/de-transfer of existing products through planning and analyzing of common and unique materials in support of project deadlines.
  • Communicates information on materials availability to support build plans throughout the product life cycle.
  • Maintains knowledge of customer volume fluctuations and determines the materials required.
  • Provides information to procurement on demand variances.
  • Develops and communicates short- and long-term commitments to customers to ship products.
  • Coordinates necessary resources to meet shipment commitments.
  • Reviews and reports on aggregate levels of product inventory, inventory exposure, backlog, availability and on-time delivery.
  • Develops recovery plans if missed shipments occur.
  • Leads continuous improvement of planning processes.
  • Facilitates development of processes and best practice models for outbound order fulfillment.
  • Provides leadership and support to employees of NAOF.
  • Makes decisions surrounding workload allocation and hiring practices.
  • Provides expert role to other sites and other departments for North American Order Fulfillment models and practices.
  • Provides training, guidance and may assign work to less experienced employees.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

  • Intermediate knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes.
  • Intermediate knowledge of production planning fundamentals, scheduling, materials requirements planning techniques and manufacturing control systems
  • Intermediate knowledge of purchasing principles, techniques and philosophies.
  • Intermediate knowledge of computer applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Platform and other business applications.
  • SAP Experience is a must! 
  • Strong understanding of customer needs.
  • Strong analytical and statistical skills.
  • Ability to plan strategically for the coordinated build and delivery of one or several products.
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
  • Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

Physical Demands

  • Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
  • Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
  • Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
  • Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Typical Experience

  • Prefer 5 years relevant experience
  • At least two years or more specifically in Production or Execution Planning role using SAP system

Typical Education

  • Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Celestica’s policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law. 
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

 

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

 

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.


Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.