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WestRock Company Production Planner in Memphis, Tennessee
The Opportunity:
The Production Planner serves as the intermediary between elements of the supply chain and production schedules. The Production Planner orchestrates all supply planning efforts with logistics and customer service teams, creating and organizing the most efficient manufacturing schedules that maximize efficiency and productivity and meet customer requirements.
How you will impact Victory Packaging, a WestRock company:
Partner with stakeholders (including internal supply planners, external customers, production resources, and logistics resources) to determine how to meet on-time needs and demands in the most cost-effective way.
Assist with on-time shipments to customers by scheduling machines for production runs.
Make production scheduling and transportation decisions with a high degree of autonomy.
Identify the most effective solutions to deliver the customer products on time
Analyze manufacturing order data to optimize production schedules of branch machinery.
Generate daily, weekly, and monthly scheduling reports to measure performance and identify solutions to optimize efficiency when appropriate.
Continuously identify innovative ways to improve trim efficiency, reduce labor waste, and maximize machine utilization.
Balance competing needs, metrics (i.e., trim efficiency, shipment time, freight loading optimization and goals to arrive at the optimal scheduling and logistics solution for all parties.
Communicate production and logistics decisions with cross-functional stakeholders as necessary to ensure alignment.
Communicate regularly and effectively with manufacturing personnel to ensure production runs are sequenced to meet customer/company objectives and communication with supervisor.
Able to demonstrate agility, flexibility, and a willingness to modify one’s approach to achieve desired results; responds quickly to changing demands, processes, and updated information.
Demonstrates an interest, willingness and drive to learn new things; seeks to understand concepts, processes, and ideas within area of functional expertise; naturally inquisitive; sets meaningful goals for personal work productivity.
Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions.
Plans and decides on the course of action while allowing for flexibility to support ad-hoc scenarios; demonstrates ability to balance competing priorities
Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.
Clearly exchanges thoughts, ideas, and messages through written, verbal, and can communicate effectively with other to build rapport and relationships.
Other duties as assigned.
What you need to succeed:
Microsoft Office - Excel, Outlook experience
Preferred experience with scheduling tools and supply chain software
The safe and accurate preparation and analyzing of data and figures
Able to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
Preferred: 2+ years’ work experience in scheduling, customer service, logistics, inventory management or process manufacturing
Preferred bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or business administration
Able to travel 10%
What we offer:
Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence
Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
WestRock (NYSE:WRK) partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock's team members support customers around the world from locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Learn more at www.westrock.com.
WestRock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. WestRock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.