Master Production Planner

Company: Safe Fleet
Location: Burnsville
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

Are you an experienced Production Planner? Imagine taking direct ownership and responsibility of exciting projects in a fast-paced production environment with high visibility to directors of multiple plants. This is your chance to truly own the process and make your mark on a national manufacturer! Prime Design, a Safe Fleet company, is seeking an experienced Master Production Planner to join the team in Eagan, MN. If you have five or more years of Production Planning/Scheduling experience, and leadership experience, this is an opportunity you need to explore! Why join the Safe Fleet team: Top Pay: Starting at $70,000 $85,000 per year or more based on experience. Great benefits package: Receive medical, dental, PTO, 401(k), etc. within your first 30-45 days of employment, and more! Flexible Schedule: Safe Fleet understands the importance of work life balance allowing for flexibility in your work schedule. Many team members work 6am-2pm and have the flexibility to come in earlier and leave earlier or come in later and leave later. New and Exciting Projects: Take on exciting challenges and enjoy growing with a national manufacturer! Company Growth and Stability: With over 15 locations across Canada and the US, we are a fast-growing manufacturing, service, and technology company with over 1,700 employees. Great Environment: Enjoy going to work every day with a lively and helpful team in an environment where the company truly values your hard work and dedication. Essential duties and responsibilities: Use ERP system and maximize tools and resources available to meet production demands and improve process Create standard work to meet production goals Create a Master Production Plan for the fabrication and assembly departments. Utilize the production capacity, taking into consideration the sales forecast, historical sales, and new business opportunities Analyze and identify risks associated with the options built into the Master Production Plan, including manufacturing lead times. Perform supply demand analysis each quarter, highlighting areas of concern for the next 6 months. Adjust as needed based on business demands Make delivery commitments on MTO products, which involve checking uncommitted material and availability of capacity. Develop inventory targets and manage production to achieve targeted inventory levels on both a cost and unit basis. Review target levels quarterly considering service levels and inventory turn targets. Maintain parts and finished goods inventory at target levels in ensure high service levels, i.E. product availability. Perform satisfactory review of inventory target levels on a quarterly basis. Achieve desired corporate inventory turn targets. Work closely with Procurement function to establish required safety stocks and re-order signaling processes for purchased materials and to determine when scheduling adjustments are necessary due to insufficient material deliveries. Ensure coordination with fabrication and assembly supervisors to execute Production Plan on a weekly and monthly basis. Assist in identifying required staffing levels based on standard times. Monitor actual output versus the Master Production Plan. Identify gaps and drive solutions, including a metric for production performance to the requested production schedule. Work with Fabrication Supervisor to schedule production of prototypes and to develop new part-product operations and standard times. Timely reporting of key metrics. Support the SIOP process meetings to review service levels, performance against schedule, inventory strategy, supply plan to meet demand, and resource implications. Update Master Production Plan as necessary. Create and maintain capacity planning model. About the Company: At Safe Fleet our name says it all. We make fleet vehicles - and everyone in and around them - safer. Our fleet safety platform brings together best-in-class products, ground-breaking technology, and a 100-year history of fleet know-how and innovation to solve the world's biggest fleet safety problems. Our core value is safety. Without safety first, efficiency and productivity are not possible. This is true for our products, our culture, and our relationship with our community. Our vision is to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in and around fleet vehicles with a goal of ZERO accidents. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the individual's race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, genetic information, status as a military veteran or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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