Planner - Products

Pole/Zero Acquisition, Inc. • Hamilton, OH • 3h ago

Connecting and Protecting People, Microwave Products Group (MPG) is a leading global provider of mission-critical engineered electronic components and subsystems comprised of five business units in six manufacturing locations. Our brand names are recognized globally including: BSC Filters, York, UK; Criteria Labs, Austin, TX; Dow-Key Microwave, Ventura, CA; Pole/Zero, West Chester, OH; Espy, Austin, TX; and K&L Microwave, Salisbury, Maryland and Dominican Republic.
Our expertise is the design and manufacture of communications-based specialty products - engineered components and subsystems - for demanding military, space, commercial aerospace/industrial, and telecom infrastructure applications where function and reliability are crucial.
Why work for us?
The backbone behind our collection of outstanding businesses is a team of dedicated employees who protect and enhance our valued reputation for quality and delivering what we promise. It's our values that defines us to all of our key audiences: our shareholders, customers, prospective employees and especially ourselves.
Summary:
As a Planner at Microwave Products Group - Pole/Zero Corporation in West Chester, OH, you will support the military community by being responsible for scheduling and planning the manufacturing activities of an assigned product line and subordinate operations when necessary.
Primary Responsibilities:
Analyzes and communicates part shortage(s) to Materials Manager and buyers prior to Design Reviews
Prepares for and attends engineering Design Reviews and New Product Launch meetings
Supports Materials Manager, Manufacturing Manager and Director Supply Chain in implementing optimal material flow analysis including: Kanban, batch flow and other pull initiatives where applicable
Supports corporate initiatives in regards to material flow and other improvement activities
Supports aggregate planning initiatives and provides forecasting data as required
Plans, schedules and communicates sub-assemblies and finished goods priorities through production operations ensuring targets and goals are clear and understood
Promotes and works toward level loading of schedules through manipulation of shop orders
Supports production smoothing by providing data and analysis of actual vs expected production build times
Supports analysis of Workflow by conducting studies on: Capacity, Cycle Times, Takt and lead times
Develops Pareto activity charts and provides associated improvement activity data to Production Manager, Materials Manager and/or Director Supply Chain
Communicates schedules and scheduling related metrics through Visual Management boards and Gemba walks
Develops detailed schedules, material requirements lists, and production plans for established product lines
Monitors actual versus planned production times and variances
Updates the operating system data in a timely and accurate manner
Manages and maintains adequate inventory levels of finished components, work in progress, and raw materials
Communicates effectively with all levels internal and external customers
Recommends ideas for process improvements and quality improvements
Supports AS9100/ISO9001 quality initiatives
Interfaces with design engineering and production to plan timely completion of development hardware
Evaluates and recommends planned delivery dates for new orders
Facilitates product line production status meetings
Analyzes MRP output to determine raw material requirements
Ensures product quality and compliance with all policies and procedures
Performs special projects as assigned, along with continually improving efficiencies of the planning group
Updates raw material MRP planning parameters (min/max attributes, safety stocks, lot sizes, etc.) for new items, along with changes required for existing items
Leads meetings, communicates and tracks action items for special projects a

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