Demand Planner

Responsibilities

This position requires the ability to plan, maintain and analyze production and inventory requirements, compare progress to schedule, resolve scheduling conflicts, assess data and coordinate solutions.

• Plan products in JDE utilizing MRP.

• Open and manage production Work Order packages.

• Manage material shortages for production build and communicate status to management.

• Coordinate with Purchasing on the status of parts being procured for production orders to ensure timely release and completion of production orders.

• Communicate with Production Supervisors and Leads to determine status of production orders.

• Attend Production Meetings to provide detailed updates on the plan and manage promise dates.

• Review customer requirements with Customer Service and convey promise dates.

• Set and maintain product master and planning fields in JDE.

• Coordinate stock issues and outages.

• Setup and maintain a master schedule based on customer requirements to drive MRP.

• Setup BOM's inside of JDE and item branch records for all component items.

• Ability to monitor and manage load vs. capacity to maintain efficient business practices.

• Assist Management in setting build priorities, assessing master schedule changes, identifying bottlenecks and constraints, etc.

• Create outside service purchase orders and manage material through the processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is an advantage

• 3+ years planning/scheduling experience in an MRP-driven manufacturing environment (preferably in Oil & Gas)

Skills

• Strong organization and time-management skills

• Experienced in ERP systems (Oracle JDE/SAP)

• Ability to work as part of cross-functional teams

• Excellent understanding of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)

• Good communication skills (oral and written). Ability to effectively interface and collaborate with all departments to ensure positive results.

• Able to multitask and manage priorities effectively

• Quick learner with the ability to adapt rapidly

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Proficient in English

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