Production Planner

Job Title : - Production Planner

Duration : - 06 to 07- Months- position (May go Longer)

Location : - Pontiac, Michigan

Shift : -

1st shift Monday – Friday

7AM – 3 : 30 PM EST

Onsite – no remote

Job Responsibilities :

Role Summary :

This role is a “cross-functional” role, that supports collaborates with Product Engineering, PPO Operations, GPS Lab Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Global Supply Chain and other key organizations in planning successful build events. Enabling the handoff to GPS plants for successful Launch. Work involves high degree of accuracy and ability to make decisions within the limits of general policies and procedures. Independent judgment is used, with leader available to handle unusual situations.

Key Responsibilities :

• Assist to support Program Lead / Schedulers “go to” voice for all GPS PPO readiness and build activities.
• Frequent contact with stakeholders outside the work group.
• Must be proactive to follow-up on supplied information, for clarification / missing inputs.
• Integrates within organization as well as outside of organization to follow up on key milestone events.
• Takes a “Go and See” approach to check status, problem solve and seek solutions.
• Support Program Lead to lead others to follow process and identify where there are gaps and develop solutions.
• Strong “Look Ahead” behavior demonstrated by an ability to foresee upcoming pain points and create countermeasures before they arise.
• Manage escalation inside and outside of the organization to enable build progression.

Required Skills and Experience :

Preferred Skills and Experience :

Education :

Degree – Bachelors degree strongly preferred, but Associates Degree is required

Years of experience : at least 3-5 years experience in a similar industry

EXCEL and MS Office required

SharePoint preferred.

Written and oral communication

Good computer skills

Need someone who is able to work on their own and take initiative, self-starter, once they are fully trained they should be able to complete what is required without needing a lot of follow up

What other material systems have they worked with?

EMS large portion of the role – this would be strongly preferred this is a Engineering Materials System that is a GM specific system, so they understand most candidates may not have this. It is not a requirement.

EXCEL and MS Office required

Experience running reports, managing excel files

3-5 years’ experience