Production Specialist

Position Summary

Creates a level loaded, feasible production plan for manufacturing at the material level that satisfies customer demand for the assigned portfolio of parts (MRP controllers). Incorporates the master schedule provided by Operations Planning to develop a firm production schedule utilizing the tools and functionality of the SAP PP module.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the primary interface with plant operations and manages all activities related to planning, inventory, delivery, and lead time.
• Maintain scheduling parameters such as MRP type, planning time fence, lot size strategy and quantities, takt times, safety stocks, and coverage profiles.
• Monitor schedule adherence and expedite or escalate with Operations and/or Procurement teams as necessary to maintain expected service levels.
• Review and execute MRP exception messages.
• Create and/or release production orders.
• Communicate with Customer Service and sometimes directly with customers on deviations from the expected customer stock date.
• Utilize business tools such as SAP and Business Intelligence (BI) to perform job responsibilities.
• Demonstrate sufficient level of initiative to meet or exceed performance against key performance indicators (KPI's) such as on-time delivery to customers, inventory, MRP exceptions, and demonstrate initiative to continuously improve performance against these KPI's.
• Minimal travel is required but expected as needed.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related field
• 1-2+ years of relevant experience in production leadership, planning, purchasing, or relevant supply chain function

• Experience with SAP transactions and processess

  
  
• Leadership, innovation, collaboration, customer focus and accountability per Parker Values & the Win Strategy
• Cooperation - willingness to accept assignments and assist others while maintaining of positive work attitude
• Dependability - good attendance and punctuality are required. Follow work rules and procedures. Completes work assignments and daily tasks on time and correctly with very limited direct supervision.
• Versatility - performs a variety of job tasks and assignments to ensure on time delivery of quality product to the assigned customers
• Initiative - puts forth individual effort to perform job expectations at an acceptable level or above
• Decision making - ability to make effective decisions, considering risk and benefit, within job authority.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expert level understanding and application of SAP PP functionality
• Experience with demand drive operations, processes, and metrics

Conditions of Employment

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

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In accordance with Parker's policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.