Production Planner

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This role is for a driven individual whose knowledge and skills will contribute to advancing our Planning team. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of production and capacity planning in the manufacturing industry.

Under the direction of the Buffalo Supply Chain Manager, the Production Planner has the overall responsibility of monitoring and addressing all forms of demand for finished assemblies and sub-assemblies in Buffalo. The person in this role will serve as a critical link between Operations, Sales, and inter-company teams. The position requires direct communication and close collaboration with the extended Buffalo organization.

You Will Have the Opportunity To :

• Monitor and address all forms of demand (sales orders, sales forecast, safety stock) for finished and sub-assemblies in plant Buffalo by creating / releasing production orders and partnering with Production in ensuring the orders are addressed timely. The review of production lead times and sales order accuracy is a must.
• Manage planning aspects related to the inter-company business. Monitor the status of orders and schedule accuracy, communicate to internal Materion customers and coordinate needed changes; work with department managers to balance workload and resources to meet customer demand.
• Partner with Procurement to secure availability of non-precious raw materials necessary to maintain a leveled production schedule and prevent disruptions, as well as any other materials needed in the vault operations.
• Coordinate closely with other departments to manage exceptions / address change requests submitted by them (check and decide expediting or re-scheduling feasibility). Adjust the schedule based on bottlenecks and coordinate with Production on relaying the latest production completion dates to internal customers, while also challenge the delays and push for timely recovery.
• Assist in defining, implementing, maintaining, and developing Supply Chain continuous improvement initiatives to support internal and external needs.
• Lead efforts to improving planning in SAP and pursue best practices in order to increase efficiencies, automate where possible, eliminate waste.
• Participate in local and virtual meetings as needed, participate in physical inventory, and manage any other tasks as assigned by the manager.

Requirements :

Pay Range : $63,800.00 - $95,800.00 Actual base salary offered varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.

The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the "Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company's policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

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