Production Planner

Work Flexibility: Onsite

What you will do-

You will develop and implement production plans to maximize the use of the organization's resources and meet established production specifications and schedules; volume, cost, and wastage targets; and quality standards. You will use business needs and knowledge of operations capabilities to produce schedules and production plans and estimate the human resources, tools, and equipment needed to manufacture products. This is an onsite role. The employee will work onsite at the Kalamazoo, Michigan location.

• Monitor production activity and analyze production data so that the flow of materials is timed meet production requirements

• Adjust schedules to accommodate backlogs, and material or labor shortages

• Prepare work orders for production or purchase requests based on production schedules

• Ensure safety stock levels are met for various inventory pools by analyzing trends and adjusting plans

• Evaluate production specifications and plant capacity data to determine manufacturing processes and calculate machine and operator loads

• Communicate with customers around lead time, backorder, and inventory issues

• Identify and own CI projects to improve daily planning processes and inventory management.

• Support systems enhancements to improve planning process

What you need-

• Bachelor's degree with 0+ years of experience or 6+ years of experience in lieu of degree - required

• Microsoft Excel experience - required

• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JDE, etc.) - preferred

Travel Percentage: 0%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.