Planner

Your Job

Develop detailed production schedules according to required volumes, plant capacity, and material availability, controlling actual production figures and preparing adjustments to schedules when necessary, aiming to optimize shipping costs to meet customer demands on time and at the lowest possible cost.

Our Team

Your decisions strongly affect production, as they can stop machines and change priorities, which can impact plant results. The level of guidance you receive from your supervisor is primarily through reviewing the results of the metrics for which you are responsible, such as MPD (Molex Promise Date) and CRD (Customer Request Date).

Authorized to make decisions that affect customers and production, such as stopping production lines, authorizing overtime, purchasing raw materials up to $150,000; authorizing sudden planning changes due to customer requirements; based on production capacity studies, you can suggest hiring resources.

What you will do

• Sign manufacturing orders and convert them into production orders via SAP (Enterprise Software for Operations Management and Customer Relations), in order to request components for production scheduling.
• Sign Purchase Orders (POs) and/or Stock Transfer Orders (STOs) for the replenishment Lead Time period and confirm the delivery date with the supplier, to ensure component availability in the corresponding period.
• Balance loads for work centers by releasing production orders, considering priorities and capacity to achieve metrics (Molex Promise Date or MPD and Customer Request Date CRD).
• Track customer orders through open order reports (ZVRR3086), to obtain data, analyze and resolve situations that prevent finished product from being shipped on time.
• Run component MRP and expedite them to suppliers when necessary to avoid late final product delivery to the customer. (Z9mm68, ZMRR3109, /N/GIB/DCO)
• Maintain constant contact with Customer Service through CICs For Expedites and emails, calls, and keep the CIC report (intranet report) updated to respond to customer expedites.
• Track confirmed finished product, through report ZVRR3086, to ensure that the paperwork (Delivery Note) is generated and shipped.
• Keep the report of internal and external supplier expedites updated through weekly conferences coordinated by the planning supervisor, who assigns priorities and escalates urgencies.
• Coordinate part number transfers with the program manager and the part transfer team to avoid excess finished product and obsolete components.
• Monitor that there are no COGIs or negatives (system errors) by running reports to avoid inventory discrepancies and follow up with the material handler.
• Understand, support, and contribute to the fulfillment of the PBM Philosophy, the different Quality Management standards for which the company is certified, in Safety and Health, in environmental management systems, Six Sigma, RBA (Responsible Business Alliance), and CTPAT/OEA by following established policies and procedures.
• Perform tasks related to your position.

Who You Are

• Completed Professional Degree
• 3 years of experience
• Advanced English
• SAP proficiency

What Will put you ahead

• Planner Buyer
• More than 3 years of experience
• APICS Certification

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to -data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

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