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SalaryBuild a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.
Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.
The Demand Planner will partner with different stakeholders to determine appropriate production schedules that best meet customer and sales demand. This position also serves as the subject matter expert on how to best utilize the Oracle MRP to increase the efficiency and accuracy of the production schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Creating production schedules based on customer demand, material availability, and production capacity.
- Identifying and resolving production issues that may cause delays or quality issues.
- Maintaining accurate records of production data such as inventory levels, production output, and downtime.
- Analyzing production data to identify areas for improvement and implementing strategies to optimize production processes.
- Partners with management/departments on matters related to production, fulfillment planning, forecasting, and problem solving.
- Must maintain a well-balanced focus between external and internal customer requirements.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in an analytical field or related
- 2 to 5 years experience in manufacturing, production management or production planning.
- Be proficient in using MRP Software (Oracle preferred)
- Knowledgeable in the master data (such as BOMs Routings, Item Master Attributes, etc.) that drives the forecasting, planning, production scheduling, and shipping functionality.
- Knowledge of inventory management principles
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
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Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.
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