TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client is an American multinational company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. It also manufactures baked products, beverages and many more that are produced globally.

• This position will be to back fill West client operations planner responsibilities and assist in training of new operations planner.

• Develop and communicate detailed production schedules for assigned operations to support higher-level master production schedules.
• Provide input and analysis to assist in optimizing long-term planning strategy of operations.
• Manage MRP parameters to ensure timely material purchase order creation and delivery to support schedules and to meet inventory management objectives.
• Interact with suppliers to communicate material needs and develop solutions to material supply issues.
• Maintain BOM and routing information to ensure accurate requirements projections and effective execution of engineering changes
• Consider impact of scheduling decisions on shared resources throughout the plant (i.e. labor, equipment, tooling, etc.) and work with other personnel to resolve conflicts and improve productivity
• Develop strategies and tactics to effectively manage inventory portfolio, with the intention of minimizing costs and improving supply chain performance
• Utilize knowledge and expertise to support various productivity improvement initiatives within the plant