Precision Castparts Corp.

Production Planner

Posted on: 7 Mar 2021

Toronto, OH

Job Description

Company Profile

With more than 120 operations and about 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, this over 10 billion dollar company employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. PCC has over 120 plants and has a presence in twentysix states in the US and in over a dozen countries. PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a highquality, lowcost and ontime producer; delivering the highest value to its customers and shareholders while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

Effective early February 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Business Profile

Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET) is one of the world's largest fully integrated titanium producers. Since 1950, TIMET has been leading the industry in mill and melted products, supplying nearly onefifth of the world's titanium. We convert rutile ore into sponge; melt and refine ingot and slab; and manufacture mill products. TIMET has a global network of service centers supported by its seven primary melting or mill facilities in Henderson, Nevada; Toronto, Ohio; Morgantown, Pennsylvania; Witton, England; Waunarlwydd, Wales; and Ugine, France. With products ranging from sophisticated high temperature alloys used in jet engines, to advanced corrosion resistant alloys used in the chemical industry, TIMET's reach spans the breadth of the titanium applications, and has the technical depth to support developments across a wide range of applications. TIMET's fully integrated supply chain, dedicated research facilities, and decades of experience make us the partner of choice for titanium.

Location Profile

Leveraging advanced electron beam (EB) melting and vacuum arc remelting (VAR), we turn titanium scrap into melted products or intermediate feedstock for both our internal mill production processes and our valued customers around the world. TIMET's toll melting programs provide customers yet another costeffective outlet for the scrap they generate. Our customers benefit from exclusive, closedloop agreements to ensure their raw material scrap flows back into their products to further minimize costs. Our advanced electron beam technology allows most forms of scrap to be remelted while ensuring defect free material to be shipped right back into your supply chain.

Position Summary

This position will analyze production capabilities to ensure production plans are feasible and work closely with operations, production control, sales, and interplant logistics to address any exceptions in TIMETs ability to meet forecasted and actual demand.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Analyze production capabilities to ensure production plans are feasible.

Work closely with operations, production control, sales, and interplant logistics to address any significant exceptions in TIMETs ability to meet forecasted and actual demand.

Plan and manage intermediate material buffers according to the NA planning directive.

Ensure material availability required to support actual and forecasted production plans as well as buffer targets.

Order melt based on NA planning directives within melt lead time guidelines, and work with converter planners as needed ensuring proper priority.

Create process orders for buffer fulfillment based on acknowledged melt orders.

Expedite production of buffer materials as needed ensuring planned cycle time adherence.

Analyze and publish mill product lead times based on plant capabilities ensuring production plan adherence at a minimum.

Acknowledge sales orders to external and internal customers based on material/capacity availability while supporting latest NA planning directive.

Create process orders for finished products at time of sales order acknowledgement.

Manage all stocked inventory and intermediate WIP, and lead MRB review process ensuring timely disposition of slow moving materials.

Own product master data used to plan production for proper input/output materials, resources, routing sequences, interoperation times, overall cycle times, etc. submitting change requests to master data manager as needed.

Direct clerical staff who issues process documents for material movements, shop floor routings, outside conversion, and shipments.

Experience & Education

Bachelors degree in Supply Chain management, business, or related field.

APICS certification a plus.

3 to 5 years experience in Planning, Production Control, or Supply Chain Management in metals manufacturing preferred

Proof of US citizenship, nationality, and/or permanent resident status in order to comply with all applicable export and import laws and regulations

Required Skills

Exceptional organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.

Must be detailed oriented.

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Desired Skills

Strong PC skills utilizing Microsoft Office software

SAP experience preferred

Prior inventory management and planning experience a plus.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Precision Castparts Corp.

Portland, OR

Precision Castparts Corp. is a worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products. It serves the aerospace, power, and general industrial markets. PCC is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, the Company is the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. PCC manufactures extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials to the casting and forging industries.

Precision Castparts Corp. has been headquartered in Portland, Oregon, for more than 60 years. The business has grown from a small manufacturer of investment castings for a wide variety of applications to a Fortune 500 company producing investment castings, forgings, and fasteners for aerospace, power, and general industrial customers. This growth has resulted from increased market share, entry into new end markets, and strategic acquisitions. Over the course of the company’s history, Precision Castparts has been led by just three chairmen and chief executive officers: Ed Cooley, Bill McCormick, and Mark Donegan. Each has made significant contributions during his tenure to make Precision Castparts one of the foremost manufacturing companies in the world today. PCC was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in January 2016.

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