Production Planner/Supply Chain Analyst - Contract Role
Start: ASAP
Duration: 12 months
Notes: Bachelor's degree required

Location: Onsite- Ulm, MN

Job Description:
Working closely with the manufacturing team and value stream leadership to determine how best to resolve supply constraints to balance service, inventory, and cost to meet business targets.
Analyzing demand requirements and planning, scheduling, and monitoring work center output to meet customer requirements and improve work center operational efficiency.
Procure raw material and communicate to suppliers on future requirements to support production plan.
Maintain and optimize production planning parameters that align with customer and business requirements for service and inventory.
Knowing, understanding, and improving key metrics like Backorders, Lead Time Adherence, OTIF, Inventory, etc. These topics will require daily communications and participation in the Tier process.
Provides a high degree of planning analysis to support decision making including use of Loop and Safety Stock Calculators.
Delivering beneficial customer service projects and inventory dollar investments. Helping to create local inventory turns improvements while reducing non-working inventory.
Identifies and leads projects that improve supply chain speed and inventory investment. Review and reports on project progress with management.
Actively manage working and non-working inventories in assigned businesses to maintain compliance and achieve inventory investment targets.
Utilize Supply Chain tools and processes such as Reporting and Analytics Portal, Peoplesoft, Factory Planner, COMS, SAP, etc.
Utilize Lean Six Sigma methodologies to improve service, inventory turns, and non-working inventory.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
Two (2) combined years of experience in Operations and Production Planning

Preferred:
APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) CPIM certification is preferred.
Three (3) years of combined experience in Operations and Production Planning.
Six Sigma Green Belt project experience and/or certification.
Strong systems background, including ERP / SAP/i2 Factory Planner/i2 Supply Chain Planner.
Experience in Lean Scheduling or Lean Manufacturing.
Strong analytical skills, able to perform data analysis with mass data sets.