Production planner

Primary Function of Position: 

The position is  responsible for the overall status of order fulfillment and for managing inventory levels throughout the manufacturing process for an area of production. 
This includes implementing the approved manufacturing plan and maintaining inventory levels as well as ensuring replenishment. In doing so, you must consider ideal supply levels, supply flexibility and reserves. This position also offers the opportunity to take a leading role in implementing a demand-pull system for our production line.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Planning, creation, scheduling and tracking of production, rework, and service orders of all production lines 
• Material requirement determination for Service and transfer to SAP 

• Identification and reporting of deviations plus coordination of countermeasures in short-, medium-, and long-term projects 

• Supervision and coordination of changes to bills of materials and routings 

• Supervision and coordination of test setups in the context of EBRs 

• Supervision, coordination of new product launches 

• Independent implementation of projects with higher complexity and duration with regard to Lean Manufacturing and CI 

• Compliance with environmental regulations 

• Compliance with corporate, regulatory and safety policies and procedures