The Capacity Planner will be responsible for facilitating decision making among supply chain partners (sales, manufacturing, demand planning, distribution, purchasing). He/She will be responsible for creating near term production schedule and managing long term plant capacity, take a look at career opportunities at the Company.

Job Description:

The Capacity Planner will perform all or some of the following Job description:

• The Capacity Planner will develop a production plan each week for a 13 week period and a long-term 72 week plan to meet forecasted demand and create effective plant utilization

• Manage inventory levels and coordinate inventory pre-builds to compensate for periods of capacity limitations

• The Capacity Planner will develop recommendations for Sales & Operations planning process and senior management regarding production and inventory plans impacting multiple business units based on sound independent analysis and consideration of multiple variables and cost impact

• He/She will proactively perform root cause analysis, develop solutions, and drive optimization of the supply chain

• Provide periodic assessments including manufacturing capacity for major capital strategy decisions, new product capacity evaluations, production alternatives, and implementation strategies to support new product introduction timing

• The Capacity Planner will lead weekly supply chain coordinator meeting and engage demand management, plant schedulers, distribution planners, and master schedulers to develop solutions and streamline processes

• Develop and maintain safety stock strategies consistent with service level and inventory objectives.

• The Capacity Planner will evaluate manufacturing lot sizes to balance costs of manufacturing with costs of inventory

• Monitor production attainment results and make recommendations for routing adjustments as needed

• The Capacity Planner will manage daily process of resolving low stocks and stock outs, and schedule changes

• Manage SKU level replenishment and inventory in the JDA planning system on assigned SKU’s, and effectively maintain system parameters to deliver optimized results

• The Capacity Planner will set direction for the capacity Inventory Planner I role with respect to key inventory management variables, and provide system’s oversight, training and guidance to CIP 1.       

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) or Equivalent
• APICS certification or similar preferred. 

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