About the role

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Join Applied Materials, a global leader in materials engineering solutions, to drive material innovation that shapes the modern electronics industry. As a Planning and Control Planner, you will be responsible for maintaining production control, inventory management, and process flow to ensure on-time delivery of critical components for manufacturing.

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Key Responsibilities

Maintain SAP Production Order release schedule, ensuring materials are available on time for manufacturing and engineering.
Reschedule or TECO all work orders as necessary and perform pre-shortage analysis to increase component availability.
Perform detailed work order variance analysis and review MRP execution for accuracy, reconciling supply and demand.
Review and ensure the proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECO's) and prepare status reports for all ECOs and ECRs.
Participate in floor audits with Finance to resolve Work In Progress (WIP) issues and attend production meetings to provide status on material shortages.
Analyze usage data and stock levels to order parts, maintain inventory targets, and expedite shortages.
Lead projects in data analysis by designing methods to consolidate diverse data sources and creating visualizations using Tableau.

Requirements

Specialization in planning activities including production control, inventory control, process control, or Material Resources Planning (MRP) integrity.
Proven ability to manage and maintain SAP Production Order release schedules.
Experience performing variance analysis on work orders.
Proficiency in reviewing MRP execution and validating master scheduling requirements.
Ability to analyze usage data, stock levels, and resolve material variances.
Strong analytical skills for root cause identification and corrective action planning.
Familiarity with production meeting protocols and status reporting.