Job Description

Join Huhtamaki

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet. We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We're on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki. You could be part of our vision. Because it's our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It's every one of us working together. We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.

Job Summary

Schedule production machinery to meet customer demand and inventory levels, while considering maintenance activity, material and manpower availability and machine capacity.

Essential Functions

• Manage production capacity for Los Angeles facility.
• Work with Production Planning Team to ensure processing of orders occurs in a timely manner.
• Ensure shop orders are assigned to appropriate work centers.
• Personally visit each work center daily to establish working relationship with plant floor leadership and machine operators.
• Ensure coordination of production planning and machine utilization with Operations and Maintenance teams.
• Interface with Operations and Customer Service personnel to prioritize production plan to maximize customer demand and production efficiencies.
• Develop daily/weekly production plan, considering customer requirements, equipment, and resource availability including shop order Bill of Material.
• Communicate updated schedule status as needed.
• Develop improved production scheduling using sales forecast and planning system.
• Provides daily Operations update.
• Generate and distribute various production reports to support subsequent production activities (Fulton, Los Angeles, Desoto) DRP, or direct customer ship orders.
• Other responsibilities and tasks as appropriate to achieve company goals.

Job Qualifications

Required: Computer literate: MS Office required. Broad knowledge of planning, manufacturing, inventory, and customer focus. Knowledge of manufacturing and planning control systems. Good problem-solving skills in a team environment or working on your own. Strong interpersonal skills: ability to communicate orally and in writing; ability to present information one on one and in group settings, at all levels of the organization, under all circumstances; diplomatic. Detail oriented and organized. Self-starter; flexible and able to work under pressure, with continuous interruptions. Must be able to work on multiple projects at one time without exhibiting undue stress.

Preferred: High School Diploma required 4-year degree Business Management or related field preferred. Knowledge of ERP or MRP manufacturing software required, BPCS preferred. Knowledge of pulp and paper industry preferred. APICS involvement and certification preferred.

Environment

Day to day functions will work closely with the Senior Planner. Works in partition office with normal office noise levels. Daily visits to all machine centers that planner schedules, PPE required: steel toe shoes, hair nets, ear plugs and eye protection. 10% to 20% of time daily in the manufacturing environment.

Help protect food, people and the planet. We're on a mission to be the first choice in sustainable packaging solutions so we can protect food, people and the planet. We need talented people like you to make that happen. We're growing as a business which is opening up new roles and opportunities so it's an exciting time to join us. We promise to offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported and make an impact, so we can all focus on the future together. Sounds like your sort of place? Apply today! Your career, packaged with care.

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