Production Planner

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

At STERIS, the production planner role involves planning and scheduling production work orders to maintain inventory levels, achieve internal financial goals, and meet customer deliveries. This position analyzes demand data, adjusts schedules for raw material delays, and collaborates with various departments to optimize inventory flow. Responsibilities include maintaining data in Oracle, leading cost reduction projects, and participating in safety and continuous improvement initiatives.

What We Offer You

The Opportunity To Join a Company That Will Invest In You For The Long-term. STERIS Couldn’t Be Where It Is Today Without Our Incredible People. That’s Why We Share In Our Success Together By Rewarding You For Your Hard Work. Hiring People Who Are In It For The Long Run With STERIS Is Our Ultimate Goal. We Do This By Providing

Competitive salariesHealthcare benefits Tuition assistancePaid-time offPaid holidaysMatching 401(k)Annual merit increasesAnnual bonus

Join us and help write your next chapter.

What You Will Do

Plan and schedule manufacturing work orders to maintain appropriate inventory stock levels to meet on-time customer delivery.Analyze backorders, sales history, and forecasted demand data to prioritize and schedule production orders in line with labor and machine capacity.Adjust manufacturing schedules in response to raw material delays to minimize customer impact.Collaborate with purchasing, quality control, production, and warehouse staff to plan and optimize inventory flow throughout the material life cycle.Establish labor standards for production process to ensure accurate planning and KPI reporting.Create and maintain Bill of Materials (BOM), Resources, and Routings for all make items in Oracle.Maintain Netstock planning software with accurate planning parameters for Make items.

What You Will Do - cont'd

Recommends and implements improvements in material planning to drive down inventory levelsGenerate prioritization and KPI reporting to communicate the current state. Complete root cause analysis and implement cross-functional plans for improvement in response to the identified shortfall.Manage packaging and supply materials and inventory levels, including vendor communication, purchase order placement, and management of invoicing questions.Lead cost reduction projects related to production materials and planning.Participate in Phase In / Phase Out Product meetings to eliminate/reduce obsolete inventory impact.Develop and maintain procedures and work instructions for production planning.Active participation in Safety, Continuous Improvement, and Training initiatives, which include but are not limited to Safety Observations, Monthly Safety Audits, eSQDC board maintenance, upgrade, and administration of KPI for the area, proposal and execution of CIP (Cost Improvement Projects), and upgrade and maintenance of initiatives using the deploy system.

Education Degree

Associate's Degree

What Will Help You Be Successful

Minimum of 4 years experience in supply chain position related to planning will be accepted in lieu of degree.Thorough knowledge of ERP systems, Production Scheduling, Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and capacity planning.Must have strong computer skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)Demonstrated effective interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.Strategic thinking, strong analytical skills, able to synthesize considerable amounts data.Ability to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities.Able to influence people in opinions, attitude, or judgments; to generalize, evaluate and make decisions in stressful situations.APICS (CPIM, PM), or other related Supply Chain Certifications (desirable).

Skills

Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision.Demonstrated excellent organizational, oral and written communication skills and the ability to interface across levels and departments within the company.Must exhibit a high level of flexibility and an ability to multi-task at all times.Possesses problem-solving skills.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

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STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by

60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.