Senior Production Planner

Why supply chain at Stryker?

As a member of our Supply Chain team, you will make a daily impact on the lives of others. Apply today and you will get a chance to work with high-functioning, driven people who all have the same mission of making healthcare better.

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Who we want-

• Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
• Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.
• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

What you will do-

The Production Planner will ensure the accuracy and efficiency of the production schedule for all of Arlington's manufacturing operations. The Production Planner will be tasked with improving business processes/systems in order to achieve department goals around service level, inventory turns and minimization of excess and obsolete inventory. This role may lead project teams to address specific business opportunities and problems.

• Maintain a valid two month rolling Master Schedule
• Provide detailed weekly production schedule from rolling Master Schedule
• Responsible for checking material availability during the scheduling processes and doing a final check of required material and documentation release prior to publishing the production schedule
• Maintain and update ERP settings as it relates to manufactured SKU's (i.e. lot size, minimum balance, lead times etc.)
• Participate in forecasting processes and operations planning meetings as required to develop and maintain Master Production Schedule and inventory of finished goods, demand with supply, and communicate potential customer service issues
• Identify and resolve conflicts with supply and demand, and availability of capacity
• Utilize hypothetical scenarios to evaluate proposed Master Schedule changes to determine the impact on parts, materials, efficiency and capacity

What you need-

• Bachelor's degree- required
• 2+ years of production/planning/scheduling work experience- required
• Subject Matter Expert in excel- highly preferred
• ERP systems and computer software experience- highly preferred
• Experience in a highly regulated industry- highly preferred
• APICS certification- preferred

About Stryker

Our benefits:

• 12 paid holidays annually
• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.
• Financial benefits include Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

For a more detailed overview of our benefits or time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com.

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Stryker is driven to work together with our customers to make healthcare better. Employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required, depending on customer requirements, to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.