Production Planner & ERP Specialist bei Albany International Corporation

We are seeking a highly organized and diligent self-starter to join our industrial extrusion plant as a Production Planning and ERP Specialist. This role is pivotal in managing customer orders for highly technical products, optimizing production schedules, handling costing analyses, and leveraging enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems—preferably SAP—to streamline operations. The ideal candidate is a self-taught problem-solver with strong data analysis skills, low-code programming abilities, and a passion for automating business processes to enhance efficiency in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Order Management: Receive, process, and track customer orders for complex, highly technical products, ensuring accurate specifications, timelines, and communication with clients to meet their requirements.
• Production Scheduling: Develop and maintain detailed production schedules using ERP tools to optimize plant resources, minimize downtime, and align with demand forecasts, while adapting to real-time changes in orders or material availability.
• Costing and Financial Analysis: Calculate product costs, including materials, labor, and overhead, using ERP data to provide accurate quotes, monitor variances, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• ERP System Mastery: Utilize advanced ERP software (with a strong preference for SAP) to integrate order processing, inventory management, production planning, and reporting; troubleshoot issues and customize workflows as needed.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Analyze production data, inventory levels, and performance metrics to generate insights, forecast trends, and support decision-making for operational improvements.
• Process Automation: Identify opportunities to automate repetitive business processes through low-code programming tools (e.g., integrating scripts or workflows in ERP systems), reducing manual efforts and increasing accuracy.
• Procurement: Manage procurement of direct and indirect products which consist of vendor relationships, purchase order creation/management and subcontracting initiatives with vendors. Negotiate contracts for existing indirect materials and seek to acquire new vendors based on demand and price. Settle purchase variances, payment terms and overdue processes working with Corporate Accounting
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with sales, engineering, procurement, and production teams to ensure seamless order fulfillment, resolve bottlenecks, and maintain high standards of quality and safety in the extrusion process.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively seek ways to enhance systems and processes, drawing on self-taught knowledge to implement best practices and stay ahead of industry trends.

Salary: $70,000 - $90,000 Depending on Experience

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