Title:  Agency Planner I

POSITION SUMMARY:

Ensures 100 percent on-time delivery of products to finished goods as scheduled by AE’s committed shipment date.  Improves AE’s ability to meet customer delivery requirements by understanding BU capacity, identifying constraints, and actively reducing lead times(availability) by product.  Minimizes AE’s investment in raw and finished material inventory where appropriate.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plans, schedules, coordinates and/or monitors final approval of products through the complete production cycle.
• Coordinates production plans to ensure materials are provided according to schedules. 
• Provides input to management; schedules and/or interfaces with marketing, sales, production and engineering managers.
• Works to resolve (in case of design changes) labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions.
• Develops and implements the company's production control functions including any of the following activities: master scheduling, production planning/coordination, shop scheduling and dispatching, material requirements, planning systems, work-in-process tracking, material and labor variance controls, and manufacturing performance reporting. 
• Approves quantities, schedules and parts lists provided to the material control organization to ensure timely and complete ordering, as well as receipt and issuance of production material requirements.
• Coordinates and implements Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) in production.

• Analyzes long lead time parts and works with purchasing to develop custom supply solutions (e.g. point-of-use material, line-side stocking, kanban, min-max supply, etc.) 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Ronkonkoma, New York (Long Island).
• Fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Overtime may be required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner, both orally and in writing.
• Capability to respond quickly, decisively, assertively, and professionally to changing requirements in demand, product description, and material demand.
• Excellent judgment and initiative, including the ability to effectively balance multiple priorities

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of three years of production planning or material management experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Experience ulitilzing SAP is preferred; ERP experience is required.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Operations Management, or Materials Management is preferred or equivalent education and/or experience. 
• American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) or CPM certification preferred.