Production Planning Specialist

Are you a Production Planning Specialist looking to join one of the top companies in the Aerospace and Defense Industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have experience in Planning and New Product Introduction?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work ON-SITE with our client in State College, PA. Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

• The Production Planner plans, schedules, coordinates, and monitors products through the complete production cycle of mature production program units to meet requirements.
• The planner also advises operations and program management on the status of work in progress and risks to meeting the internal master schedule.
• Effective collaboration and coordination with manufacturing assemblers/technicians, material management, product line managers, and quality are critical to the role.
• Coordinates with Manufacturing Engineering and Material Management to develop an internal master schedule for assigned programs.
• Releases work orders to the production floor based on the internal master schedule, part availability, and current capacity.
• Monitors manufacturing conformance to the master schedule using ERP systems and reports.
• Expedited items are needed to make items based on the master schedule.
• Directly oversees operational measures, including but not limited to efficiency, floor inventory accuracy, release on time, and on-time delivery.
• Reports variances and action plans to address.
• Manages and controls manufacturing floor stock for assigned programs.
• Advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials, and services are provided as needed.
• Coordinates the scheduling of shared equipment and personnel with respective process owners.
• Works under general supervision.
• Responsible for entire projects or processes within the job area.
• Responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within the job area.
• Manage projects at this level, with responsibility for delegating work and reviewing others' work.
• Reports variances and action plans to address.

Here's what you'll get:

Pay: $38.00 - $40.625 / hr.

Hours: 9/80 hrs/Week. (1^st shift).

Length: Temp to Perm (12 months).

Sound like a good fit?

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About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

• Associate Degree with a minimum 8 years of experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Planning and New Product Introduction.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in an electronics production manufacturing environment, either as a production planner, master scheduler, demand planner, or supply planner.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Microsoft Office, Excel (Excel formulas, V-lookups, pivot tables) and has skill in preparing tables, graphs, and charts.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in overseeing operational measures, including but not limited to efficiency, floor inventory accuracy, release on time, and on time delivery.

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum 2 years of experience.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management peers and subordinates.
• Possess good results and goal/deadline-oriented work ethic, high attention to detail and be flexible.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to develop and bring to completion multiple assignments concurrently.
• Experience using an ERP system with MRP & MPS capabilities.
• APICS Certification.
• Lean Manufacturing Certification / Training.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Successful candidate must be clearable in the future.