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Kelly Services is seeking an experienced Production & Materials Planner in Northlake, IL.

This is a contract role, with the possibility of going permanent.

Our client is rapidly growing and offering advancement opportunities to help build your career and skillset. They offer a culture that is second to none, where you will immediately feel like part of this company. They are a company that values its employees, provides training, support, and tools to continuously grow skill set, ability, and success. Our client offers an excellent training program, with an excellent internal promotion rate.
Interested candidates can reply to this ad, or send their updated resume to: nancy.spisak@kellyservices.com
Can also call Nancy at 630-506-8757

Shifts and pay:
Daytime hours (40 hours)
$25/hr.

Job Summary:
Production & Materials Planner will order the materials for the manufacture of industrial and commercial products and will lead the scheduling and timeliness of the production process to ensure the plant and the company meets customer demands.

Job duties:

• Responsible for creating the production schedule while considering finished goods inventory, WIP, forecasted demand, customer orders, inner-company demand, replenishment orders, plant capacity, cycling plans, manufacturing efficiencies and various other dependencies.
  

• Responsible for ordering materials for production or FG to seal to customers based on MRP and considering the lead time from suppliers.
  

• Review safety and Maximum stock to have enough material to avoid airfreight and meeting financial inventory targets.
  

• Plans and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times.
  

• Identifies conditions that could impact the production and/or proactively develops and communicates contingency plans and priorities.
  

• Confers with Operation Managers and Supervisors to resolve production issues, which affect the machines schedules.
  

• Confers with department supervisors to determine status of assigned projects.
  

• Works with multiple departments to coordinate proper inventory mix, new business launches, trials, lost business phase outs, phase out/phase in transitions, promotional requirements, and prioritizations to support company goals and objectives while servicing customer requirements.
  

• Participates in Process Improvement projects when necessary and update VSM twice a year to meet customer demand with support from other pillars
  

• Ability to work in a team environment, to teach and coach others in the awareness of planning techniques, software, and best practices.

Experience and Education needed:

• A college degree in business or a relevant field with lean certification is preferred. Two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  

• Supervision, lean and ISO experience a plus, plastics industry preferred.
  

• Additional education in quality, safety, mechanical or electrical areas of knowledge preferred.
  

• Preferred experience would include Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification, ASQ Quality Engineering certification, Lean Manufacturing, etc.
  

• Experience with plastic extrusion and/or injection molding is preferred.
  

• The ability to excel in a fast paced, high-energy environment with constant interface with people.
  

• Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment

What are the perks?

• Job stability
  

• Working for a company that values its employees, provides training, support, and tools to continuously grow skill set, ability, and success
  

• Lots of room to grow

What are the benefits as an employee with Kelly?

•  https://www.mykelly.us/us-mykelly/perks/

Interested candidates can reply to this ad, or send their updated resume to: nancy.spisak@kellyservices.com
Can also call Nancy at 630-506-8757

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