Planning Coordinator

Job Title: Planning Coordinator                                                                        

Department: Planning

Classification: Exempt/Salary                                                                            

Reports to: Planning Manager

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s Degree required.
2. 2 years of analytical experience.
3. 2 years of production experience in a manufacturing capacity
4. Excellent organizational skills.
5. Excellent communication and liaison skills.
6. Excellent mathematical skills.
7. Excellent leadership skills and the ability to lead a cross functional team
8. Experience with Project Management, ideally Six Sigma
9. Must be detail oriented, and able to multi-task as well as focus on the task at hand.
10. Must be able to work independently, as well as part of a team, prioritize and perform or solve work problems to achieve work objectives and meet deadlines.
11. Must be able to adapt to change quickly and positively and develop contingency plans.
12. Demonstrated ability to understand broader business issues, and interrelated nature of business units.
13. Must be able to follow written (Standard Operation Procedure-SOP’s, reports & emails), and verbal instructions.
14. Must have a positive attitude, support co-workers to obtain desired objectives and assist others in their contributions.
15. Possesses a strong work ethic to positively contribute to the company’s mission, vision, values, and all policies.
16. Must be proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
17. Must be proficient in ERP and Warehouse Management systems.
18. Must be proficient in Smartsheet, MS Teams, and Power BI, including report and dashboard design.

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Planning Manager, the Planning Coordinator will be responsible for analyzing data throughout the functional areas of the organization and working with the Planning Manager to develop conclusions and recommendations.  The Planning Coordinator is expected to work closely with the Planning Department during the heavy production season in cross functional capacities and will support analytical needs of both the Master Planner and Planning Manager.  With a primary focus on projects within the Planning Department and other projects for department managers, VPs as requested.  The Planning Coordinator will also provide data analytics support for Department Managers as appropriate.  The Planning Coordinator will also assist in creating the tools for each production year, and work with all departments involved to identify and implement enhancements.

Job Duties:

1. Maintain and update the Burn Rate report and other reporting tools to support YCH best practices.
2. Perform data validation in reporting daily PowerBI updates and investigate anomalies, guided by regular needs of the CEO.  Determine if issues are data error, user error, or reporting error and work with IT to plan and implement solutions.
3. With guidance by the Planning Manager, prepare reports, present recommendations, and help implement solutions and plans.
4. With guidance by the Planning Manager, develop and maintain reporting infrastructure to support effective functioning of the Director of Planning, the Extract & Advanced Products Planning Manager, and the Master Planner.
5. Assist in the data mining and analysis for various projects, including benchmarking.
6. Assist in planning scheduling duties.
7. Be cross trained in planning auditing duties to perform audits during the production season and as needed.
8. Create detailed SOPs on processes and best practices.
9. Facilitate and support ISO 9001 & 14001 internal audits, continuous improvement and corrective action.
10. Notify immediate supervisor if you identify or recommend ways to improve process efficiency.
11. Assist in developing new processes and optimizing current processes in Planning.
12. Assist in implementing and maintaining the MDS and various MPSs.
13. Actively maintain and issue the Priority Processing requests from Sales.
14. Perform the secondary audits on work orders, focusing on selected volumes.
15. Assist and create various smartsheet sheets, reports and dashboards as needed. Focusing on tracking departmental and individual goals.
16. Perform various analysis throughout the year (priority processing, work orders, auditing, transfers, alpha loss, etc.)
17. Perform root cause analysis when issues are presented.
18. Perform forecasting on various aspects of the supply and demand requirements, working closely with Supply and Demand.
19. Follow safety requirements. 
20. Maintain sanitary and safe work environment and follow safety requirements.
21. May actively participate on company’s Safety Committee.
22. Ensure that company safety policies as well as federal, state and local safety and environmental regulations are observed.
23. Must have a complete understanding of company’s policies, SOPs, QPs, EPs, HACCP and cGMP that pertain to their department to ensure quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability.
24. Must adhere to all company policies.
25. Examine documents, materials, and products and monitor work processes to assess completeness, accuracy and conformance to standards and specifications.
26. Follow all SOPs in a given area.
27. Perform all other duties as assigned by Manager and/or designee.

Benefits:

1. Medical, Dental, & Vision insurance
2. Health Savings Account (HSA)
3. Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
4. Company Paid Life & AD&D, Voluntary Life And AD&D Insurance
5. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Lifeworks
6. Calm for Work
7. 401(k) retirement plan with 6% & Roth option
8. Education Tuition Assistance Program
9. 10 Recognized Holidays
10. 50 hours of personal/sick time pro-rated based upon hire date
11. 110 hours accrued Vacation
12. Competitive Wages
13. Performance Incentive Bonus opportunities
14. Wellness Benefit
15. Employee Giveback Program
16. Individual Development Programs
17. Youth Donation Program
18. Continuing Education Programs
19. Bring your Pet to Work Program (applies to admin positions only)
20. Pet Insurance
21. And much more…

Salary : $24 - $24