Production Planning Specialist

Your Job

Phillips-Medisize is seeking a Production Planning Specialist at their Caldwell, ID site to ensure the timely and cost-effective availability of materials and components to support operational performance and collaborate with manufacturing, purchasing, customer service, warehouse, tooling, maintenance, engineering and management to provide efficient production schedules that meet our customer order requirements.

Our Team

Phillips-Medisize, LLC, a Molex company, is a leading global provider of design and manufacturing services to the medical device, industrial, bioscience, and specialty commercial markets.

What You Will Do

Production Scheduling:

• Assist in estimating the number of hours necessary to complete work orders, especially multiple secondary operations with respect to customer due dates
• Apply knowledge of machine capabilities, production capacity, material availability, potential part sensitivities, and multiple operation lead times in developing production schedules
• Use MRP/MPS Planning System to develop work schedules that facilitate timely completion of job orders based on relative priority, verifying that material, machines, personnel, and molds are available
• Monitor schedule delays (lost/missing parts, reject, scrap, tool room delays, etc.) and communicate changes and reasons to production and customer service
• React to possible scheduling conformance delays such as expedite list, lost/missing parts, tool room delays, engineering update/sample, information system accuracy, remold/rejects/scrap
• Run and maintain the site’s backlog report
• Review MRP data, generate reports, and communicate updates as information changes
• Provide timely and accurate responses to Customer Service inquiries
• Share knowledge internally to ensure functional cross training
• Work with cross functional teams to ensure assembly line(s) have all materials needed to optimize the line’s throughput
• Assist in the site’s plans regarding integration into SAP
• Train to serve as backup for other departments, as needed
  
  
  

Supply Planning:

• Determine raw material requirements from sales orders and computer generated MRP information
• Maintain raw material inventories to support production schedules
• Assist in setting and maintaining component safety stock levels, according to customer demand
  
  
  

Demand Planning:

• Identify and inform management of capacity constraints, and recommend strategies to alleviate
• Optimize and maintain the scheduling system by updating information and system parameters, as needed such as lead times, time fences, lot sizes, safety stocks, etc.
• Maintain and facilitate an open line of communication between all parties and functions impacted by the master production schedule
• Monitor changes to customer orders/forecasts, and their potential impact to the master production schedule. Provide feedback in a timely manner to customer service regarding the ability to meet the requested changes
• Review monthly transactional inconsistencies and offer solutions
  
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• One year or more experience in production scheduling or planning in a manufacturing environment
• Experience using MRP/ERP systems such as SAP, IQMS or Oracle
  
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead

• Degree in business or finance, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in a Contract Manufacturing or Manufacturing Assembly industry
• Manufacturing experience in a medical device or a regulated industry
  
  
  

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).