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Weatherford is hiring a Production Planner for our Huntsville facility. The Production Planner will be working within a supportive, inclusive team in a fast-paced, progressive environment. Weatherford provides training, excellent benefits and fantastic career progression.

Review sales orders and forecast data based on capacity availability and plan production / assembly work orders to meet customer due dates.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Know and understand Weatherford Quality Policy and comply with all requirements of the Quality Systems Manual, Operating and Technical Procedures and Workplace Instructions.

• Must understand and comply with all safety rules and company policies of Weatherford.

• Review customer required dates with Customer Service and set promise dates.

• Review open sales orders, verifying for released component product structures/routings and prints

• Plan all production activities according to product assignment and available capacity

• Work assignments carried out to the highest quality level.

• Utilize the Shortage report and the manufacturing system to review all work orders for material availability and printing / releasing.

• Authorize production and purchase of raw material, components and finished goods based on review of MRP.

• Perform capacity planning, shop order release and out-processing. Set priorities.

• Manage load vs. capacity so as to minimize overtime and maximize work center efficiency.

• Follow-up and track product through supply chain to ensure needs are met and on time delivery is not affected.

• Prepare detail updates and manage promise dates for Production meetings.

• Coordinate scrap remakes with Manufacturing / Purchasing. Coordinate NCR’s with Engineering.

• Communicate all reschedules to Customer Service.

• Communicate trends in resource demands, performance to schedule and special needs to the Materials Manager in a timely fashion.

• Perform various other duties and activities as assigned by supervisor within the physical constraints of the job.

Experience & Education

REQUIRED

• 1-3 years planning/scheduling experience in an MRP-driven manufacturing environment.

• College degree in business or technical discipline

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

REQUIRED

• Strong organization and time-management skills.

• Ability to work as part of cross-functional teams.

• Good understanding of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)

• Good communication skills (oral and written). Ability to effectively interface and collaborate with all departments to ensure positive results.

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

Travel Requirement: This role may require domestic and potentially international travel of up to: <10%

JOB DESCRIPTION SCOPE

This job description’s purpose is to offer some details on the scope and depth of the role and its interaction with other roles with the organization, through a focus on key criteria. It cannot capture the entire scope of the role. The document is generic in nature and offers consistency in role content from the early career level to more senior levels. The Company’s expectation is that the holder of the role understands and accepts that its expectations will be potentially greater from those in more senior roles than those at an early stage of their career. Responsibilities may well be greater and their decisions will have greater impact on the function and organizations performance. The Company reserves the right to amend the content of the job description to better reflect the changing scope of the role with or without notice.