Production Planner I

Production Planner I

White Bear Lake

About Heraeus

Making displays foldable? Helping hearts beat with medical innovations? Or breathing new life into precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead.

About Heraeus Medevio

Together we improve lives. At Heraeus Medevio, we bring lifesaving and life-changing medical devices to market through partnerships with medical device manufacturing companies. Backed by Heraeus Group, we are committed to the growth of our teams and organization by providing an open space for open minds.

To reach our vision of improving 100 million lives every year, we foster a culture of curiosity that thrives on challenge, continuous learning, growth, and the opportunity to try new things. With sites in the United States, European Union, and Asia, and over 2,200 employees worldwide, together, we will meet tomorrow's challenges today.

Position Summary

The Production Planner I is responsible for the planning, production scheduling, and inventory levels of assigned production area to achieve the highest service levels to the customer (internal & external) with the lowest inventory cost. The Production Planner I will build and maintain strong internal & external supplier relationships to achieve continuous improvements in delivery, quality and cost.

What You’ll Do Every Day:

• Develop, and maintain production, quality, and shipping schedules that are driven through current business system and ensure new product development jobs are scheduled, to achieve target dates, without compromising customer deliveries.
• Manage and maintain stores to ensure on-time material delivery under pull systems, fostering trust by partnering with materials teams and buyers to reduce lead times and minimum order quantities.
• Confirm the ability to fulfill customer requests, including initial orders and change requests.
• Release and distribute production work orders to support the agreed upon production build plan.
• Monitor and suggest adjustments in production schedule based on changes in:
  • Material availability
  • Employee work hour change, such as PTO
  • Machine down time
  • Results of prior days production that deviated from the expected/required
• Review SAP for MRP (MD04) and react to listed action messages.
• Lead and participate in daily scheduler meetings to review interplant support, coordinate with second/third/weekend shift supervisors on production plans, and address areas requiring additional review or confirmation.
• Interact with Medevio Customer Service groups to provide
  • Order confirmations
  • Order changes affecting our original commitment to a customer
  • Firm plan production orders to best support the expected/required customer demand
• Interact with Medevio Purchasing to
  • Determine material requirements
  • Determine material availability date
  • Determine actions/expectations for rejected material
• Interact with Heraeus Engineering to
  • Confirm SAP master data information
  • Confirm development order status and requirements
  • React as required to ECN
• Generate reports as required/requested.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration or related field required.
• APICS Certification desired.
• Basic knowledge of manufacturing in a highly regulated environment.
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Medevio is committed to providing competitive total compensation and benefits packages. The expected hiring range for this position is between $67,000 and $77,000 based upon a full-time schedule. This is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. Base salaries are determined by taking a variety of factors in account, including, but not limited to, candidate qualifications, geographic locations, market conditions and internal equity. This position is bonus eligible, with a target bonus of 10%. Our total compensation package includes eligibility for comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, education reimbursement, paid parental leave and paid time off.