Management Associate - Business Planning

United States Steel Corporation has an immediate opening for a Business Planner. We are looking for motivated self-starters that can work in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, collaborative, and driven to improve business performance through data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement. The position offers exposure to manufacturing, supply chain management, commercial and logistics processes while developing future leadership capabilities. 

Responsibilities:

• Manages production scheduling of customer orders
• Monitor and analyze work-in-process and finished goods inventory 
• Cross-functional coordination with Operations, Quality, Logistics, and Commercial teams 
• Generate routine and ad hoc reports supporting business planning and decision-making 
• Interacts with and supervises salary union-represented personnel

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, accounting, finance, operations management or a related field
• 0 to 2 years of related experience
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to work weekends, holidays and extended hours as necessary
• Ability to travel to meetings, trainings, etc. as necessary
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills including the ability to work effectively with various levels of management
• Excellent planning and organization skills
• Computer literacy to a working skills level-proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel 
• Manufacturing and operating experience preferred

Preferred Skills: 

• Demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and an aptitude for your area of study 
• A strong record of team, project and/or people leadership in a work setting and/or extracurricular activities
• A willingness to take initiative to understand the business 
• An aptitude for problem solving; strong written and verbal communication skills
• A strong commitment to excellence and to personal and professional growth
• Must be resourceful, responsible, tenacious, curious, independent, confident and high energy 
• The ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
• Leadership and strong decision-making skills
• Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically