Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference?  If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career. 

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do.  We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world.  We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day. 

Are you in?  Read on for more details about this particular role.

Our Globe Footwear Plant, a Division of MSA Safety, is looking for individuals who are interested in being part of a team that builds protective leather footwear for firefighters. Our Team consist of individuals performing stitching and non stitching operations as we convert specialty cut fabric into high quality footwear.

Now hiring for a Production Planner at our Auburn, Maine Manufacturing Plant.  This role  will perform a functional role as part of the plant-based team to support the Supply Chain strategy at MSA. Specifically, this position will focus on achieving the day-to-day execution of the demand and supply plans for assigned production lines to meet customer delivery objectives. Success in this role requires close partnership and reliance on warehouse management, inventory accuracy, and material handling. In addition, ownership or rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) is essential to both coordinate assemble-to-order (ATO) production plans, and to partner with the regional Supply Planning team for made-to-stock (MTS) production orders. Ultimately short-term weekly schedule attainment consistent with a medium-term master scheduling planning horizon is the primary responsibility in ensuring delivery and the customer experience.

• Use ERP generated reports or planned orders to convert to production plan, acknowledging incoming supply of materials, inventory availability, resource constraints, and internal or external customers' needs.
• Ensure production orders are maintained to provide accurate MRP signals.
• Utilize demand signals from SAP to understand workload per responsible production line and aid the capacity planning process.
• Prioritize production lines by utilizing SAP exception messaging to expedite, de-expedite, reschedule and re-plan assigned work centers based on internal and external customers' dynamically changing needs.
• Work closely with the New Product Development project teams as it relates to master data set up, workload planning, driving demand signals in SAP, and scheduling beta and stock builds to ensure production readiness.
• Ensure execution of production plan through verbal and electronic communication of production schedule to the assigned production supervisor and group leader.
• Communicate any production schedule changes to the product line manager and customer service when necessary.
• Maintain SAP master data including production lead time, MRP settings, MRP relevant material master views, total replenish lead time, repetitive scheduling set up and maintenance.
• Utilize the internal continuous improvement operating system to correctly identify root causes of problems and drive corrective action results.

Special knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Proven ability to model disciplined execution following detailed standard work, maintaining a high level of attention to detail, driving efficiency, productivity and personal accountability.
• Demonstrated innovative and technological mindset to ensure master data integrity and accuracy, seek out latest industry trends, road-map future technology and champion early adoption.
• Sound ability to make data driven and analytical decisions by identifying trends and opportunities, making problems visible, and utilizing financial acumen to justify investments and influence decisions.
• Proven ability in challenging the status quo to drive continuous improvement promoting the use of root cause problem solving, valuing new ideas, inspiring others, and demonstrating effective use of change management principles.

Education and experience required:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Business, or Logistics related fields.
• This position is available at three different career levels based upon experience, education, etc.:
• Level one: No previous experience required. This level will focus on low to medium impact production lines.
• Level two: 2+ years of production planning experience. This level will focus on medium to high impact production lines.

Experience Preferred:

• Experience using SAP for production planning and inventory control modules.
• Production planning in a versatile manufacturing environment.
• APICS, CPIM or like accreditation preferred.

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