Planner Scheduler

To perform production planning for assigned production lines and customers. Work with production and material planners to ensure the proper components are available to support the production plan while maintaining minimum inventory and minimizing obsolescence.

1. Create and communicate production plan by reviewing planning tables, running heuristics, scheduling PPAP and Special runs and making adjustments as required to cover customer requirements
2. Develop and publish daily shipping requirements, communicate shortages, and work with production to ensure customer ship requirements are met.                                                                 
3. Run MRP weekly on a timely basis to ensure production plan derives appropriate component demand to the supply base to meet inventory targets ($24 million USD Inventory Level) and support customer requirements.
4. Develop/publish production schedule / customer demand reports on a weekly basis.
5. Conduct and lead volume review meetings to ensure the most accurate mid and long term forecast for the production plan.

6. Participate in Continuous Improvement activities, maintain good housekeeping practices.

7. Prepare requested reports in a timely manner.

8. Other duties as assigned

***This position does not offer relocation or visa sponsorship***

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree - OR 4 years of Manufacturing experience in Supply Chain

Intermediate knowledge in Microsoft Office 365

Preferred Qualifications 

Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of Manufacturing experience in Supply Chain

3 - 5 years of experience in production scheduling in a high volume repetitive manufacturing environment in the Automotive sector.  

Inventory management experience

SAP R3/APO experience

Strong written and oral communication skills

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

EEO-Statement:

EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to Careers@conti-na.com or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.

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