Mizuho OSI · 9 hours ago
Planner 2
Union City, CA, US, 94587
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$39.12/hr - $45.19/hr
5+ years expMizuho OSI is the leader in the markets for specialty surgery and patient positioning. The Planner is responsible for executing the Master Schedule by creating a Production Plan and coordinating products through the production cycle to ensure efficient inventory management and customer satisfaction.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturing
Responsibilities
Plan production according to the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and Material Requirements Plan (MRP) requirements, including but not limited to work order creation, on-going maintenance, and variance reconciliation
Publish production schedules and assure adherence by working with all functional areas to ensure proper and timely material flow to meet production requirements
Follow Manufacturing Routers to have products built per print or reworked per instructions
Communicate, track, and expedite any material shortages or other problems that affect the production plan or sales order backlog
Manage capacity overruns in Assembly and Machine Shop by balancing machine and other resource demands
Communicate completion schedules of assigned products as required
Evaluate Engineering Change Notices (ECNs), and ensure proper implementation on assigned products including: Establish effectivity dates that appropriately balance cost impact and customer service. Initiate, monitor, and ensure closure on any purge, rework, and scrap actions consistent with ECN instructions. Evaluate projected costs of ECN implementations. Comprehensive analysis is often required
Monitor and take action on past due work orders, cancel process messages, MRB balances, safety stock levels, and any other order act on recommendations
In assigned areas, utilize Lean / Demand flow skills to drive the replenishment of inventories throughout the process. This includes establishing control cycles and supermarket quantities. Sales or other usage may trigger replenishment builds / deliveries from our suppliers as well as our machine shop
Participate in the evaluation of costs, methodology, and processes to streamline the materials flow through manufacturing
Assume materials responsibilities and roles for assigned value streams
Establish, manage, and update control cycles and kanbans for assigned value streams
Manage build priorities based upon effective utilization of the Heijunka boards
Manage part lot sizes to help support the demand flow production process balancing cost with material coverage
Work to reduce set-up times/costs to increase capacity and the number of runs while decreasing the run quantities
Ensuring the use of lean manufacturing tools such as continuous improvement, metrics reporting, 5S and visual controls
Plan the addition of new product demands on the machine shop resources and assess capacity shortfalls
Management of Material Master Data elements including but not limited to Procurement Type, MRP Controller, In house Production Time, Planned Delivery time, Schedule Margin key, Lot Size, and Replenishment Lead Time for Planning and/or purchasing
Planning responsibilities may be in Production Assembly and/or the Machine Shop
Other duties include the processing of Trade Show returns
Understand Mizuho OSI’s business objectives and the relationship between the Department and those objectives; to support and follow the Corporate Vision, Mission & Values Statements, to maintain the services and quality levels set by Mizuho OSI, and to continually enable Mizuho OSI to be a great place to work
Understand, follow and support Mizuho OSI’s internal Quality System policies, procedures and work instructions including but not limited to applicable external regulations (21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 820 Quality System Regulations and applicable International Standards)
Qualification
Required
Requires 5 to 5 years of directly related experience
Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience with increasing level of responsibility
Ability to clearly express oneself verbally and in writing in the English language using good grammar, vocabulary, eye contact
Ability to communicate effectively with employees and other business contacts in a courteous and professional manner
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to include strong presentation, project and organizational skills
Excellent computer skills including operating Windows based personal computers
Ability to efficiently and effectively use Microsoft products such as Outlook, Word, Excel
Shop Floor and Machine Shop Planning experience utilizing a state-of-the-art MRP system
Analytical skills required for determining priorities, lot sizes, lead times, and shop floor schedules
Able to read and interpret MRP, bills of materials, routings, non-conforming materials reports, and other common manufacturing documents
Knowledge of computer applications such as EXCEL, Outlook, Word
Ability to be accurate, detail-oriented, and to perform in high pressure situations
Must be able to effectively interact with all functional areas, at all levels both verbally and in writing particularly Purchasing, Manufacturing, Production, Engineering, Stockroom, Cost Accounting, Shipping, and Sales Ops
Preferred
SAP preferred
APICS certification a plus
Benefits
Annual potential bonus
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
Mizuho OSI
Mizuho OSI is a medical devices company offering specialty surgical tables and reusable medical products.
201-500 employees
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