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Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. · 23 hours ago

Production Planning Analyst (Rail Car)

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

4+ years exp

Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. is seeking a full-time Production Planning Analyst at their Rail Car facility in Lincoln, NE. The role involves administering and improving production practices, supporting production needs, and ensuring optimal resource utilization to fulfill demand requirements.

AutomotiveIndustrialManufacturing

Responsibilities

Administering, communicating and improving practices and functions related to Production

Provide support to Production as needed

Focus on the production plans that will utilize resources in the most optimal way and maintain viable production and inventory plans that best fulfill demand requirements

Follow all company Policies and Procedures, Quality and Environmental Management Systems (QMS & EMS), Kawasaki Production System (KPS) and any other legal and compliance regulations that may apply such as OSHA

Monitor and analyze systems, schedules and work flow

Research trends in related issues, analyze current processes and recommend applicable changes for improvements to relevant programs

Create, update and prepare reports using various computer programs

Provide support and communicate to all levels of the organization for internal and external customers

Analyze various information to determine out of balance conditions, develop solutions and adjust system parameters to improve efficiencies, support cost down efforts and provide customer service

Create, confirm and apply mass changes for Material Masters

Confirm and assign BOMs for each rail car in SAP

Release POs for associated Kawasaki companies prior to new rail car project startup

Release rail cars from PLO to PDO status prior cars going on-line

Process Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) in SAP for design changes

Process Internal ECOs in SAP for line balancing or related situations

Convert Purchase Requisitions (PRs) to Purchase Orders (POs) based on ECOs

Create and publish ECO checklist for downstream departments to take their appropriate actions

Perform error analysis on BOMs and ECOs for accuracy

Perform full BOM reviews between rail car projects

Confirm Scope of Work (SOW) between rail car projects

Work closely with Production Engineering Documents group regarding BOMs/ECOs

Generate and issue the Moves report to forecast potential part shortages

Release the daily Car Position report

Backflush inventory from SAP after the rail cars index to their next production station

TECO rail cars from SAP after car shipment to remove from demand SAP

Evaluate Job Transfer Notifications (JTNs) and create Network Orders (NWOs) to ship parts to associated Kawasaki companies

Maintain Safety Stock usage requirements

Maintain conversion tables within SAP and associated databases

Cleanse Data Defective information from SAP

Issue Cycle Count requests to confirm inventory

Perform requirement date comparisons

Update SAP with production schedule changes

Process Crib Stock Request sheets to add new material to the production crib

Qualification

SAPProduction PlanningExcelSchedulingCommunication Skills

Required

High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)

Four to six years of scheduling and/or planning experience

Ability to demonstrate the skills in sharing and receiving information, feedback, to encourage a trusting and developmental outcome or relationship

Must be capable of assessing all forms of communication, verbal and nonverbal, to determine the effectiveness of communication

Ability to display appropriate proficiency with computers and computer applications, including: spreadsheets (e.g., Excel), word processing (e.g., Word), presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint), internet/intranet (e.g., browsers, search engines), special applications (e.g., Lansa Client, AS400, SAP, etc.)