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Production Planner

Employer
Perkin Elmer
Location
Shelton CT US
Closing date
Aug 29, 2017

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Sector
Pharmaceutical
Hours
Full Time
Organization Type
Corporate
Production Planner Job Purpose:
As a member of the Production Planning Dept., you will determine which items are manufactured and in what quantities based upon consumer demand forecasts. The primary mission is to minimize inventory, maximize product availability and optimize shop floor efficiency.
Production Planner Job Duties:
  • Participate in forecast meetings with Business Units and related cross functional participants to help establish master Sales Inventory and Operations Plans for specific finished good products.
  • Input planning data into the MRP planning module to support dependent SIOP build plans.
  • Analyze and manage independent demand materials to maintain sufficient supply according to provided company guidelines.
  • Coordinate and release production build orders to support SIOP build plans.
  • Revise schedules as needed to accomplish certain benchmarks in the manufacturing process.
  • Interface with Purchasing team to insure required materials will be available when needed to release production build orders to manufacturing on schedule.
  • Create, analyze and distribute various reports regarding requirements, progress, fulfillment and backlog issues.
  • Work with Engineering, Purchasing, Production and Quality teams on New Product Introductions.
  • Troubleshoot internal material issues such as quality, sub-contract operations, and transfer issues.
  • Interface with and manage considerable data resources to support all facets of Production Planning operations.

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