PLANNER - Syracuse, NY

$81,900 - $122,900/Yr

Belden - East Syracuse, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - East Syracuse, NY

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

The Planner is responsible for the accurate production planning based upon forecasting and customer demands for the fiber product line. This position will partner with Buyers and Production Supervisors to manage all supply chain aspects of production planning, meeting customer delivery dates, service requirements, and inventory goals. The planner reports directly to the Plant Manager. This position is based out of Syracuse NY and is fully onsite role.

Responsibilities

• Prepare capacity analysis to align workforce with actual and future requirements.
• Manage exceptions for any plant, where current plan cannot meet all demand with available capacity or when ending inventory falls below allowed safety stock.
• Provide production shortage updates, peer review processing, and other related planning duties as required.
• Suggest improvement in areas related to cost reduction, quality, and productivity.
• Perform data-based reviews extracting information from SAP and working with it excel spreadsheets or other data-based analysis tools.
• Review customer order records and problem solves backorder issues.
• Partner with Product Managers to facilitate the launch of new products through pilot runs.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or Industrial Engineering.
• Three (3) or more years of related experience.
• Knowledge of SAP/ERP systems.
• APICS knowledge preferred.
• Project Management skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Customer Service experience preferred.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term disability
• Short term disability
• Life insurance
• HSA/FSA
• Matching retirement plans
• Paid vacation
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid leave for volunteer work
• Training opportunities
• Professional talent management
• Succession planning
• Corporate health well-being initiatives
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability