Production Planner

James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie® products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3,000 employees across operations in North America.

Make your dream career a reality. It’s possible!

The Production Planner is accountable for daily detailed scheduling and production plans for one of James Hardie’s manufacturing facilities using SAP’s Advanced Planning Optimization (APO) system. The Production Planner delivers a high level of outbound order service for their production plant while also creating a schedule that maximizes uptime and minimizes cost. The incumbent plays a key role between customer service, manufacturing, and logistics by ensuring an effective flow of communication regarding product availability, execution of optimized planning and minimization of inefficient freight.  The incumbent will be based at our Pulaski, Plant for two years and then be expected to move to our Corporate Chicago Supply Chain division.
 

What You’ll Do:

Provides detailed scheduling production plans for multiple production lines using an APO planning platform to maximize customer service: 

• Providing timely delivery of daily production plans while adhering to planning best practice methodology.
• Providing proactive communication with key plant personnel to ensure adherence to schedule and processes.
• Collaborating with plant personnel to develop plan of action for shortages including scheduled and unscheduled downtime to ensure high customer service.
• Manages all planning tools including master data to execute effective planning resulting in timely service and reduce/avoid excess and obsolete inventory.

Optimize production plans to provide the least amount of downtime and lowest cost for the manufacturing facility while maintaining key business priorities and service: 

• Understanding and incorporating manufacturing constraints in scheduling rules to maximize resource efficiency and minimize inventory stock-outs.
• Work with plant personnel during upset conditions to determine best possible course of action for continued operations.

Provides adhoc analytical and project support to the manufacturing operations team to help drive continuous improvement around machine performance and/or plant costs. 

• Helps support plant and department managers with data pulls and analytics to help plant performance improvement projects
• Coordinates between central planning, plant personnel, and R&D around trials to make sure that service/performance are protected

What You’ll Bring:  

• • Must be willing to work onsite at our Pulaksi, VA plant for two years and then move to our Corporate Chicago offices (relo provided)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field, required.
  • 2 or more years of experience in an analytical position or 1 or more years of planning experience (preferred).
  • Direct supply chain experience.
  • SAP/APO planning experience (preferred).
  • Material Replenishment Program (MRP), deployment, Constrained Production Planning (CPP) and/or replenishment solutions experience (preferred).
  • Demonstrated ability to identify and understand issues or problems using data and use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing an appropriate solution.
  • Demonstrated advanced analytical skills with the various features of spreadsheet and basic software (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet, and other proprietary software).
  • Knowledge of production planning best practice methodologies.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with plant personnel to develop action plans in reaction to product/production issues while still ensuring a high-level of customer service.
  • Knowledge of supply chain, manufacturing, and logistics.
  • Ability to drive adherence to planning best practices and procedures.
  • Superior interpersonal and written/oral communication skills with the ability to relate well and cooperate with others to effectively.
  • Demonstrated ability to build strategic working relationships while holding others and self-accountable for deliverables.
  • Demonstrated ability to act independently upon information and make decisions that achieve optimal results.
  • Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and prioritize workload while paying attention to detail.
  • Demonstrated ability to function as a strong team player.

What You’ll Receive:

At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees. 

• Comprehensive low-cost co-pay Health Insurance; medical, dental, prescription, and vision insurance benefits for every 30+ hour full-time employee. Insurance starts on day one!
• 401(k) Retirement plan that will match 100% of employees saved dollars up to the first 6% of your salary
• Paid holidays, paid vacation including Jury Duty and bereavement leave
• Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Parental Leave
• Community Involvement & Sustainable Solutions - Fire Resistant Siding to Help Rebuild the Grizzly Flats Community | James Hardie
• And more 

Apply now and come “home” to Hardie!

#LI-MB22

James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, veteran's status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.