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# SAP Production Planning & Inventory Optimization Specialist

- **Company:** Rockwell Automation, Inc.
- **Location:** Twinsburg, OH, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $60,000.0 - $90,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Enterprise Planning Systems, Microsoft PowerPoint, SAP (Applications), Sap Production Planning, Data Analytics, Npm(Software), Data Management
- **Published:** June 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5c485de9adb80b79

## About the Role

Do you have a valid Certified Supply Chain Professional certification?, Do you have experience in Word embeddings?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline., * 2+ years in Production & Inventory Control, Operations, Purchasing, or Manufacturing Engineering (minimum of 2 years typically required).

 * Hands-on experience in a material control/production planning environment.
 * ERP fluency (SAP preferred) and strong planning system knowledge.
 * APICS CPIM/CIRM/CSCP certification preferred or completed within 24 months.
 * Advanced user of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

## Description

Join Rockwell Automation in Twinsburg, OH as an SAP Production Planning & Inventory Optimization Specialist. You'll be on-site, reporting to the PCA Team Lead, and you'll orchestrate order sequencing, inventory health, and supplier follow-ups so production runs without interruption. Cross-functional partnership with Scheduling, Materials, and Engineering is at the heart of this role., * Sequence and release shop orders for your product families/projects based on live capacity and material signals.

 * Use SAP exception messages and consumption data to drive timely actions that secure part availability; escalate with suppliers when needed.
 * Guard inventory performance across assigned scope; work with Central Material Analysts and Master Schedulers to correct MIN / MAX breaches with data-driven countermeasures.
 * Maintain planning master data and parameters-safety stock and reorder points for components and finished goods-aligned to the materials planning playbook and customer service targets.
 * Analyze short- and long-term capacity with Master Schedulers and Manufacturing Engineers to head off past-due risk.
 * Develop pragmatic material/manufacturing/procurement strategies to enable NPM (new product manufacturing), including new product introductions and phase-outs.
 * Align monthly plans for safety stock and targeted finished goods in partnership with the Master Scheduler.


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