Production Planner I/II

The Production Planner performs a functional role as part of the plant-based team to support the Supply Chain strategy at MSA. Specifically, this position will focus on achieving execution excellence day-to-day of the demand and supply plans for assigned production lines to meet customer delivery objectives. Success in this role requires close partnership and reliance on warehouse management, inventory accuracy, and material handling. In addition, ownership or rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) is essential to both coordinate assemble-to-order (ATO) production plans and to partner with the regional Supply Planning team for made-to-stock (MTS) production orders. Ultimately short-term weekly schedule attainment consistent with a medium-term master scheduling planning horizon is the primary responsibility in ensuring delivery and the customer experience.Objectives:-Create visibility on all levels of company regarding performance and initiatives through action trackers and KPIs.-Use ERP generated reports or planned orders to convert to production plan, acknowledging incoming supply of materials, inventory availability, resource constraints, and internal/external customers’ needs. Ensure production orders are kept up to date to provide accurate MRP signals.-Utilize SAP demand signals to understand workload per responsible production line and aid the capacity planning process-Use SAP exception messaging to expedite, de-expedite, reschedule and re-plan your work centers based on internal/external customers’ dynamically changing needs.