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Core Responsibilities

Material Readiness & Scheduling

Review daily ERP shortage and exception reports to identify material constraints affecting current and upcoming production orders.

Evaluate component availability and lead times to set realistic start and completion dates, updating order schedules in the ERP.

Allocate and reassign materials across production jobs based on priorities, customer commitments, and capacity, escalating tradeoffs when needed.

Work closely with Procurement to expedite, reschedule, or substitute components for materialconstrained jobs and provide clear priority guidance.

Coordinate with internal manufacturing or subassembly teams on make items that impact job readiness.

Maintain detailed job notes in the ERP, including shortage status, planned completion dates, assumptions, and constraints.

Track and report which jobs are fully kitted and materialclear versus those blocked by shortages, ensuring visibility for production leaders.

Support production managers in sequencing work and balancing the schedule to ensure materialready jobs move first while respecting capacity limits.

Adjust production order dates as material or capacity conditions change and communicate any delivery impacts.

CrossFunctional Communication

Provide timely updates to Customer Service and Sales when committed dates are at risk, including cause codes (e.g., supplier issues, engineering changes, yield impacts) and revised timelines.

Collaborate with Sales/Customer Service to factor in customer priorities, historical demand, and forecast data when aligning production runs.

Partner with Engineering, Quality, and Program Management when engineering changes, NPI builds, or qualification lots affect material or scheduling plans.

ERP & Data Ownership

Utilize the ERP system as the primary planning tool, ensuring production orders, dates, statuses, and material allocations are always current.

Maintain expected completion dates based on incoming materials, labor requirements, and production capacity.

Help define, validate, and maintain key ERP reports (e.g., job shortages, materialclear status, late components vs. due dates).

Identify data errors such as incorrect lead times, BOM issues, or missing planning parameters and collaborate with the appropriate teams to resolve them.

Continuous Improvement & Metrics

Support tracking of metrics such as ontime delivery to promise date, percent of jobs materialclear by planned start, and volume of expedited orders.

Recommend improvements to shortage management, job release processes, and material allocation as the planning function grows.

Contribute to standard work and playbooks for shortage review, job dating, and communication workflows to ensure consistent processes for future planners., Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools. Related Jobs Planner Aston Carter

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Skills & Qualifications

Experience with advanced scheduling tools, MES, LIMS, PowerBI, SQL, or other analytics platforms

Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, CI methodologies, or Kaizen practices

Exposure to manufacturing environments with complex assemblies (semiconductor, electronics, robotics, or highmix/lowvolume environments)

Understanding of capacity modeling, utilization analysis, and OEE concepts

Background supporting NPI builds, engineering changes, or prototypetoproduction transitions

Experience with vendor management or supporting external manufacturing partners, Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.