Sr. Planner (F/M/D)

• Ensure on-time shipment of assigned orders while maintaining quality and accuracy.

• Be highly responsive to inquiries from internal customers and provide regular updates on order status.

• Follow up orders in backlog, work closely to address difficulties when they emerge, with the goal of causing the least amount of interruption.

• Review capacity to take make / buy decisions.

• Work with quality assurance, warehousing, logistics, and other personnel

• Review documents such as production schedules, work orders and staffing tables to determine personnel and materials requirements and material priorities.

• Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, sales, production and engineering.

• Short term capacity planning, workload smoothing and manufacturing scheduling using SAP.

• Prepare daily reports for Huddles meeting, monthly reports, and any other department data analysis that is needed.

• Resolve technical issues related to bills of materials (BOM) and production routers.

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• Bachelors degree or comparable education

• 5 years' experience in a production and scheduling planning role

• Must have strong SAP knowledge of MRP, RFQ, planned orders, production orders, purchase orders, requisitioning, and approval workflow.

• S4 Hana experience is a plus.

• Experienced with manufacturing capacity planning.

• Experienced in utilizing continuous improvement in all aspects of the planning / procurement process.

• Cross-functional business team environment experience preferred.

• Production scheduling in a machine shop environment a plus

• APICS Certification a plus

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Windows including programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Outstanding understanding of production planning and quality control principles

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.