Supervisory Production Planner

Requisition Number:  21801
Company:  Westinghouse Electric Co
Location: 

Warrendale, US

Daily Operations:

  • Work highly independently - not only mentoring production planners but also effectively leading a team of production planners in the execution of complex tasks supporting production planning and production activities.
    • Provide oversight while delegating work and mentoring team members.
    • Set day-to-day operational objectives for individuals or teams
    • Develop and lead production planning trainings
    • Provide support / manager input to PFP reviews
  • Support manager in development of resources, including regular check-ins, review of progression, assignments for development, onboarding of new hires, etc.
  • Identify and define production planning issues, risks and challenges, direct efforts to successful resolution.
  • Encourage technical excellence and rigor in the group’s work, including offering peer check opportunities.
  • Oversee weekly Purchasing meeting to ensure procurements are on schedule
  • Oversee tracking of open demand activities (purchase requisitions, purchase orders, inspection lots and production orders) to ensure projects stay on schedule
  • Participate and provide guidance on issue resolution in weekly production meetings with planning, manufacturing engineering, project engineering and project management
  • Work with the planning team and scheduler to status progress in project schedules
  • Collaborate with project team, shop technicians, QC, QA, supply chain, planning and manufacturing engineering when issues arise
  • Provide guidance to Production Planning team in development of production order operations and Manufacturing Engineering and shop personnel.
  • Manufacturing Transformation Initiative support
  • Provide labor estimates for representative product drawings
  • Collect and share relevant operating experiences with Production Planning team

 

 

Required Skills

  • Advanced Production Planning skills
  • Proficient in SAP particularly PP and QM modules
  • Strong background in Excel preferred
  • Familiar with P-6, Enovia and Sharepoint

 

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

  • Bachelor’s degree, (project, operations or business management preferred)
  • Minimum of 8-10 years previous experience in a similar role.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Superb organizational skills.
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills.
  • A willingness to learn.
  • Must demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office products.

Employment opportunities may require access to information which is subject to the export control regulations of the United States. Hiring decisions for such positions are required by law to be made in compliance with these regulations. Applicants for employment opportunities in other countries must be able to meet the comparable export control requirements of that country and of the United States.

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