Production Planner

Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

Now hiring for a Production Planner at our Ballybrit Galway, Ireland manufacturing plant. In this role, you will be counted on for the following:

• As part of the plant-based team you will support the Supply Chain strategy at MSA. Specifically, focusing on achieving execution excellence day-to-day of the demand and supply plans for assigned production lines to meet customer delivery objectives.
• Success in this role requires close partnership and reliance on warehouse management, inventory accuracy, and material handling.
• In addition, ownership or rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) is essential to both coordinate assemble-to-order (ATO) production plans and to partner with the regional Supply Planning team for made-to-stock (MTS) production orders.
• Ultimately short-term weekly schedule attainment consistent with a medium-term master scheduling planning horizon is the primary responsibility in ensuring delivery and the customer experience.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Experience (required):

• Level I: 0-2 years (entry level) production planning experience. This level will focus on low to medium impact production lines.
• Level II: 2-4 years’ production planning experience. This level will focus on medium to high impact production lines.
• Level III: 4+ years production planning experience. This level focus on high impact production lines and advanced supply chain complexity.
  
  
  

Experience (preferred):

• Planning in a versatile production/manufacturing environment.
• Experience with SAP (production planning and inventory control modules).
  
  
  

Education (required):

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Business, or Logistics related fields
  
  
  

Education (preferred):

• APICS CPIM or like accreditation