Senior Production Planner

JOB TITLE:  Sr. Production Planner

About Advanced Energy

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AEIS), headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, enables design breakthroughs and drives growth for leading semiconductor and industrial customers. Our precision power and control technologies, along with our applications know-how, inspire close partnerships and innovation in thin-film and industrial manufacturing. We are proud of our rich heritage, award-winning technologies, and we value the talents and contributions of all Advanced Energy's employees worldwide.

POSITION SUMMARY                       

Ensures 100 percent on-time delivery of PCBA manufacture to production as scheduled by AE’s committed shipment date.  Improves AE’s ability to meet customer delivery requirements by understanding BU capacity, identifying constraints, and actively reducing lead times (availability) by product.  Minimizes AE’s investment in raw and finished material inventory where appropriate

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the flow of PCBA through the production facility and subcontract manufacturers, ensuring that production operatives / subcontrators have the correct quantities of materials/components and information delivered to them on time at the correct location to achieve on time deliveries.
• Support to co-ordinate all aspects of production planning, material control, shop floor scheduling and labour capacity planning 
• Prepare and issue shop floor documentation to meet the Production Schedule
• Works to resolve, labor and material shortages, backlogs and other potential schedule interruptions.
• Liaise with customers to communicate delays and to resolve any delivery queries
• Consolidation of various delivery commitments from Cell Leaders and Purchasing into one agreed order schedule, whilst achieving customer satisfaction.
• Processing Engineering Change Orders, Custom BoM (Bill of Materials) releases and new product  Introductions into existing production
• Provide accurate, timely and concise feedback to keep account reps / operations team members/supply chain in the loop
• Take a lead role in the ongoing improvement in manufacturing data accuracy.
• Analyzes long lead time parts and works with purchasing to develop custom supply solutions (e.g. point-of-use material, line-side stocking, kanban, min-max supply, etc.) 
• Producing Key Performance Indicator and management reports

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner, both orally and in writing.
• Capability to respond quickly, decisively, assertively, and professionally to changing requirements in demand, product description, and material demand.
• Excellent judgment and initiative, including the ability to effectively balance multiple priorities
• Minimum of three to five years of production planning or material management experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment, ideally PCBA /SMT experience

• Experience in a high mix/low volume, pull-based manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record of success and growth in positions of increasing responsibility.
• Previous experience with SAP.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Management, Finance, Materials Management, Computer Information Sciences, or Engineering, or equivalent education and/or experience.