Production Planner

Your Job We are looking for a Production Planner to join our talented team in Pinellas Park, Florida . The successful candidate will have strong communication skills and will be responsible for developing and ensuring the execution of an achievable production schedule. Our Team Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical. What You Will Do Take ownership of daily, weekly, monthly production plans, identifying potential barriers to completing plans efficiently while meeting production and revenue targets. Align demand requirements utilizing equipment capacity and staffing levels. Focus on minimizing changeovers and production schedule changes while maintaining the integrity of the production board revision. Meet daily with the Planning Supervisor and manufacturing team to assess production schedules, (adjust as necessary, based on production results), optimize run quantities, and minimize changeovers, to achieve 100% on time delivery. Daily assessment of material shortages that need to be expedited. Follow up with appropriate Purchasing / Planning personnel to ensure commitments are achieved. Work with Materials Manager, Purchasing, and Inventory Control to recommend long term resolutions to shortages due to lack of material control on the production floor. Understand all product production flow. Continuous coordination and follow up with the team. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Understanding of production processes Previous experience working within a manufacturing environment Detail Oriented with highly developed analytical skills Open to change and helping to drive continuing improvement Problem solving and priorities management abilities Good communication skills Collaboration - ability to work with diverse profiles and high-performing teams. Proficiency in Microsoft Office What Will Put You Ahead Experience with Electronic Component manufacturing Bachelor's / Associate's degree preferred or APICS Certification Experience using SAP Production planning experience At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here . Who We Are At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aqui , or tu ).