Logistics Planner - Columbus Plant

Overview

Develops and modifies production schedules and coordinates all related support activities through the manufacturing, testing, and approval process. Develops and implements capacity plans to coordinate labor, equipment, and activities to ensure execution of schedules to planned due dates. Measures workload queues and minimizes bottlenecks in the supply chain. Provides direction to numerous support/operations areas. Controls performance against schedules to ensure timely completion of work orders and develops and monitors performance tools, such as input/output control, cycle time, and late jobs to ensure work is performed within scheduling criteria and available capacity. Conceptualizes, designs, and leads activities driven by strategic business needs. Exhibits ability to identify and resolve complex problems, communicates findings to prevent future occurrences throughout the division.

What You'll Do

• Manages the development, modification and implementation of production schedules within the approved horizon.
• Ensures schedules meet criteria for level-loading and priority maintenance.
• Resolves conflicting priorities and manufacturing problems that may impact material delivery and availability and avoids late job status.
• Develops, issues, and analyzes performance reports measuring schedule changes, performance against operation schedule dates, late jobs, and packet availability to Manufacturing.
• Generates and monitors production metrics.
• Recommends and implements action plans to improve performance against goals.
• Resolves potential problems before they affect a negative result.
• Minimizes bottlenecks in the supply chain by developing capacity plans and capacity controls.
• Determines labor/machine capacity to achieve planned production requirements.
• Determines overtime requirements and/or off load opportunities to ensure execution of planned production schedules.
• Resolves material feasibility related issues delaying production start dates.
• Acts as primary contact for operational area for scheduling, capacity, work order activity, and lead-time compression.
• Develops and monitors input/output measurements for key work centers to ensure work and performance are managed within scheduling criteria and available capacity.
• Establishes work center capacity analysis/profiles defining labor, machines, utilization, and efficiency factors.
• Determines headcount and equipment requirements to ensure timely schedule execution.
• Ensures planned start date and due date attainment for area manufactured work orders.
• Identifies, understands and solves multiple complex/challenging operational issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 4+ years of experience in operations/distribution/quality
• 4+ years of experience in manufacturing, production planning/control, technical, or quality assurance
• Proficiency with Abbott operational processes
• Knowledge and understanding of business metrics