Senior Production Planner - Aiken, SC

Apply now »

Date: Sep 10, 2024

Location: Aiken, SC, US, 29801

Company: Hubbell Incorporated

Job Overview

Electrify & Energize Your Career at Hubbell: Lead Production Planning at the Forefront of Manufacturing Excellence

Step into a pivotal role as our Senior Production Planner and spearhead the seamless execution of product creation from inception to delivery. At the heart of our operations in Aiken, SC, you will ensure that every process, schedule, and system aligns perfectly to meet our ambitious goals. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including master schedulers, production, engineering, quality, and procurement to guarantee that we not only meet but exceed customer expectations while optimizing inventory levels.

A Day In The Life

• Efficiently schedule and manage all new customer orders within 3 days of receipt, ensuring alignment with communicated lead times.

• Utilize SAP to create planned, firm planned, and production orders, driving demand for both production and procurement, and proactively convert firm planned orders into production orders 30 days ahead of the Customer Promise Ship Date (CPSD).

• Actively monitor and adjust open orders and promise ship dates based on MRP changes, while maintaining accurate daily production schedules in SAP to ensure proper inventory recording.

• Oversee capacity planning, promptly addressing any potential issues with the master scheduler, and revise production schedules based on resource availability and work order specifics.

• Collaborate closely with manufacturing, shipping, and procurement teams to prioritize work orders, manage inventory levels, and ensure timely delivery of materials and final products to meet or exceed customer expectations.

• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives, maintain SAP production planning parameters, and interface with engineering and quality departments to resolve component issues swiftly, ensuring smooth production flow and adherence to schedules.

What will help you thrive in this role?

• A robust background with at least 4 years in planning, scheduling, supply chain, and inventory management within a high-volume manufacturing setting.

• Proficiency in SAP with at least 2 years of hands-on experience in MRP, planning, scheduling, and capacity planning.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables, along with proficiency in other Microsoft Office applications.

• Exceptional negotiation skills coupled with outstanding verbal and written communication abilities.

• A keen ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and thrive in a dynamic environment.

• Strong interpersonal skills to foster relationships across all organizational levels and the potential to grow into a leadership role managing a team of planners.

  Why Join Us?

  This is more than just a job. It’s a chance to build a career in a company where your efforts are recognized and rewarded. You’ll be joining a team that is passionate about what they do and is driven to excel. If you’re looking to make a significant impact and lead change within a forward-thinking company, we would love to hear from you.

  Step into a role where your skills are celebrated and your leadership shapes the future of production planning. Apply today and join us in driving operational excellence and innovation in manufacturing. #LI-HB1

Competencies

Planning, Organizing, and Decision Making

Hubbell Incorporated

Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.

The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.

We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.

Hubbell Utility Solutions

Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.

Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.