What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wave Planner - 2nd Shift position at TTI Floor Care North America?
Job Description:
Job Description
Techtronic Industries Floor Care, a subsidiary of TTI, has an opening in its Greer, SC location for a Distribution Operator. We offer competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package - tuition assistance, 401(k), medical/dental/vision coverage, vacation, and holidays.
JOB SUMMARY
Will monitor, assess, and optimize order flow within the distribution center.
RESPONSIBILITIES / SKILLS
- Possess a strong working knowledge of all department groups, including Warehousing, Distribution, and Transportation
- Set work into obtainable work groups, and re-prioritization when necessary.
- Release orders based on pick-up time/date, order size, type, and complexity.
- Responsible for keeping operations with steady workflow and advising when work is limited.
- Update the wave dashboards. Ensure communication with all operational stakeholders with regard to waves.
- Troubleshoot/Problem Solve and escalate if there are issues with waves. Coordinate location moves and wave planning issues with Inventory Control Team
- Notifies operations of all requested changes from customers regarding scheduling, processing, and shipping
- Ensures all customer orders are waved and processed in order priority.
- Compiles order from customers into waves to release to production.
- Ensure that all orders are complete and reviewed prior to the start of the operations.
- Monitors SAP to determine the efficiency of workflow.
- Monitors order queue and ensure the balance between replenishment, picking, packing, and shipping.
- Monitors each wave and releases in accordance with customer’s Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)
- Produce and maintain reports such as wave tracking throughput, and wave cancellation rates as required.
- Ability to use effective interpersonal skills to interact and communicate at all levels.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) preferred.
- Minimum 2 years related experience in operations planning.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Experience with SAP/Oracle
- Flexibility to work all shifts, including mandatory overtime.
- Must be an initiative-taker and able to prioritize to successfully complete tasks, both short and long-term
- Interact well with customers, internal and external.
- Must have the ability to multitask and be detail-oriented.
- Requires the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
- PC literate, experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Ability to apply basic calculations as related to quantities of product picked.
- Additional duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds, stoop, kneel, and bend.
Prolonged periods of standing
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. This document is subject to change at any time and is not intended to be exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required by employees with this position title.
Note *** The physical and weight-lifting demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.