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Planner/Scheduler

Company: Seek Thermal
Location: Goleta
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Description: Hi, We're Seek Thermal.Join us on our mission to make thermal imaging a part of everyday life! At Seek, you'll get to work with the world-class engineers that pioneered the technology, and now they're building an organization that's built on that same pioneering spirit---but we can't do it alone. We want your ideas, your enthusiasm, and your passion to help us make thermal imaging a part of everyday life, for everyone.We love where we work, and so can you.What We're Looking For Under the direct supervision of the VP of Operations, The Planner/Scheduler will develop and coordinate build schedules to ensure that production and NPI deadlines and customer delivery schedules are achieved. This role will play an integral part of the Planning and Supply Chain team and will support a range of planning and scheduling activities. The planner will work closely with Manufacturing Director to ensure the work order execution meets the needs of the overall plan, while maximizing the efficiency of the production resources. This position works in a manufacturing environment and provides support to Production, Materials, Engineering, Project Management, Sales, and Quality.RESPONSIBILITIES: -- Hands on position that will work with Production team to ensure we deliver parts to customers on time. The Planner/Scheduler is responsible for all aspects of planning, scheduling, and addresses obstacles that arise that could impact on time delivery. -- Monitor and prioritize builds based on customer need date and capacity-- Schedule internal processes (wafer processing, routing, wire bonding) to support builds.-- Monitor WIP levels to identify potential on time delivery issues-- Manage daily transactions in MRP system to ensure system integrity and alignment. -- Communicates specific supply chain shortages and their urgency to Purchasing and Mfg. -- Coordinate and expedite the flow of parts, sub-assemblies, and material to work areas to ensure production schedule and customer commitments are met.-- Analyze inventory variances and suggest/follow up on corrective actions to ensure avoidance of stock-outs or excess materials.-- Identify and execute continuous improvement activities.-- Ensure BOM accuracy for all assigned products.-- Identify capacity limitations and communicating to management to ensure plans can be achieved.-- Work closely with Planning, Procurement, and Operations to achieve lead time reduction and on time delivery.-- Manage consumable inventory with continual review of re-order points.-- Manage the flow of inventory between Seek and outside vendors processing hardware.-- Work with Manufacturing Director to establish and manage an effective cycle counting program.-- Effectively manage defective material to schedule 2nd runs or follow up on dispositions. -- Support shipping and receiving concerns to ensure inventory is properly transacted. -- Update appropriate reporting tools used in manufacturing.SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:Solid fundamental understanding of the principles and concepts of MRP, manufacturing work flow, capacity planning, and supply chain.Be able to interface tactfully and proactively with all departments in the company, with an emphasis on Manufacturing, Purchasing, Sales, and EngineeringAbility to communicate clearly and compellingly about analyses, insights, and recommendations.Have a complete understanding of assigned products, with emphasis on scheduling constraints.Ability to make decisions and evaluations of any constraints in the production plan.Knowledgeable of the many production requirements relating to processes, machines and peopleAbility to coordinate several projects simultaneously.Understanding of ERP systems, (Netsuite a plus) and multi-layer BOMs. Proficient with MS Excel Must be detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focusedAbility to target presentations, written or oral, to different audiencesRequirements:-- Minimum of three (3) years experience in electro-mechanical assembly production environment-- Bachelor's degree preferred but not required.-- Minimum two (2) years of experience in planning/scheduling preferredPM18PI208387700

Keywords: Seek Thermal, Santa Barbara , Planner/Scheduler, Other , Goleta, California

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