Production Planner

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At Trane Technologies TM and through our businesses including Trane ® and Thermo King ® , we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what's possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

What's In It For You

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient environments, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, sustainability is not just how we do business-it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.

Thrive At Work And At Home

• Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives - WE DARE TO CARE!
• Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
• Paid time off , including in support of volunteer and parental leave needs.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.
• Learn more about our benefits here ( !

Where Is The Work

• On-Site (5 days). The company has designated this role as safety sensitive.

Trane Technologies is hiring a Production Planner in Grand Rapids, MI. In this role, you will, establish, manage, and maintain the production schedule for a selected group of products. Act as single point of contact of the plant for all customer accounts, managing the entire order life cycle to ensure orders are processed on time, collaborate with other functional teams to ensure customer's expectations and requirements are met. The position reports to the Master Scheduler.

Responsibilities

• Establishes production manufacturing priorities for the customer demands consistent with master scheduling requirements, inventory objectives, and service level goals.
• Perform order entry for configure to order business model and Complete order closure and invoicing activity when orders are shipped
• Reconciles all order discrepancies and order changes.
• Communicates with customers, sales offices, engineering, purchasing, operations and marketing to ensure customer priorities are met and leverage common processes, tools, and information systems.
• Assists in the development of weekly and monthly metrics, which include on-time shipment %, productivity, shipment goals, past due backlog, and assembly production.
• Request support from the next appropriate level of customer support for complex escalations/ issues providing documentation throughout the process.
• Establish and communicate revised production schedules based on weekly PSI meetings
• Manage rejected and rework product/ order planning, rescheduling and invoicing
• Coordinates manufacturing activities and monitors schedule performance against plan.
• Participate in customer service-related projects such as Strategy A3, Projects & MDI (daily meetings).
• Assist in and support the development of process improvements and continuous learning.
• Attend/host daily standup meetings in production environments
• Host meetings for production coordination
• Other duties as assigned by master scheduler.

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred or 4+ years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree. High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment or customer service.
• Experience with production scheduling
• Oracle/ERP experience preferred.
• APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) required. Advanced excel skills preferred.

Key Competencies

• Ability to effectively make decisions with limited time and information and determine decision making criteria based on priorities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple departments.
• Very detail-oriented, pays close attention to all the small particulars when working on tasks or projects.
• Strong analytical capabilities, personal skills and independent problem resolution.
• Data access/retrieval skills with experience in data analysis, data manipulation using MS Excel and/or other tools as provided. As well as, working knowledge of ERP system.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.
• Must have the ability to identify problems, create solutions, and make recommendations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.

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