Production Planner
Millipore Corporation

Allentown, Pennsylvania

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Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you've got big plans - so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people's lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Everything we do in EMD Electronics is to help us deliver on our purpose of being the company behind the companies, advancing digital living. We are dedicated to being the trusted supplier of high-tech materials, services and specialty chemicals for the electronics, automotive and cosmetics industries. We foster a global collaborative organization made up of individuals who have the passion to win, obsess about the customer, are relentlessly curious and act with urgency. Together, we push the boundaries of science to make more possible for our customers.

Your Role:

The primary responsibility of the Production Planner/Scheduler is to ensure the production schedules are dispatched daily to required work centers. The schedule represents the capacity available for both machine and labor, as well as ensures all materials are available to process the production orders. In addition, the Production Planner facilitates or attends various production and MRP planning meetings. Addresses all exceptions (i.e., failures, etc.) which may prevent an order from being processed as scheduled to maintain the ship promise date to the customer.

Key duties include:

  • Run quotation dispatch list for planner
  • Create production orders replacing forecast or new per most current scheduling guidelines established by Master Scheduler
  • Process production packaging
  • Process packages received back from Order Configuration
  • Check material availability
  • Pursue advisements on non-available materials
  • Evaluate and act on MRP exception messages
  • Address and resolve production issues to minimize production delays
  • Manage plant-to-plant material transfers
  • Process cancellations
  • Report on metrics
  • Create various weekly production reports

Who You Are:

Minimum Qualifications:
  • 3+ years of Manufacturing experience in a discrete manufacturing flow environment
  • Highschool Diploma

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Technical familiarity with materials requirements planning (MRP) or material planning in a manufacturing environment
  • Work daily in computer scheduling systems, mainframe systems, and PC applications is required, and excellent interpersonal skills to work efficiently with all plant employees
  • Manufacturing scheduling experience using real-time, finite capacity scheduling systems and a technical understanding of process alternatives
  • Work in a fast-paced environment processing several critical transactions while maintaining accuracy is extremely vital
  • Organized with a strong level of attention to detail
  • Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience in planning and scheduling in SAP

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!

If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity, and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.emdgroup.com/en/company/press-positions.html


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