Production Planner

EFI is looking for a Production Planner to join our InkJet Solutions Business Unit in our Comun Nuovo, Italy office.

Job Description:

• Planning and maintenance of all work orders needed from start to finish of production
• Plans sequence of fabrication and manufacturing operations for guidance of production workers
• Process consumption of work order parts and other parts removed from inventory for other purposes
• Prepare lists of required materials to meet the production schedule and define priorities with the procurement team
• Use SAP to view material movements, quantities on order, and the current balance on hand to ensure materials needed by the manufacturing plants are available
• Follow up master schedule to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer order
• Serve as Agile Analyst responsible for processing ECOs and meeting the task list updating work orders and material master to avoid excess and obsolete inventory
• Confers with department supervisors to determine the status of assigned projects
• Oversee correctness and completeness of part set up in SAP (foreign trade data, material master, assembly routing, etc.)
• Planners participate in weekly meetings with plant production managers and the Manufacturing Production Manager to identify opportunities.
• Manufacturing Production Planners use SAP to create daily stock transport orders to ship materials between manufacturing plants and warehouses
• Use of SAP to check material movements, quantities on order, and the current balance on hand to ensure materials needed by the manufacturing plants are available
• Monitor spares required for field service support, excess and obsolete inventory related to the assigned product line

Job Requirements:

• At least 2-years experience in manufacturing, production management, and production planning
• At least 1-year experience in SAP PP module ( forecasting, planning, production scheduling) and PDM software ( Agile, Matrix etc)
• Computer skills using Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of inventory management, forecasting, and production scheduling principles
• Knowledge of the master data that drives the forecasting, planning, production scheduling, and shipping functionality in SAP
• Ability to deal with changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to handle multiple tasks accurately and to liaise with co-workers of all levels
• High school diploma minimum; associate's or bachelor's degree preferred