Production planner (H/F) (remote)

Are you passionate about your field? The role we offer you: The incumbent is responsible for planning production, support relating to on-time delivery and coordinating the organization of work in collaboration with production and in accordance with cell policies and procedures. Has good analytical skills, good organizational skills and obvious planning and coordination skills. Your role will be to plan the production of certain cells in our factory.

This company takes all reasonable means to limit the number of positions in Quebec that require knowledge of a language other than French, and only requires this where it is necessary and its existing bilingual employees are unable to fulfil these job duties.
Based on an assessment conducted by our client, it has been determined that this position requires candidates to have an intermediate level of English (oral and written). In particular, this position will require the employee to: communicate with English-speaking clients/partners/employees located outside Quebec on a regular basis
Position Time Type : Full Time
Does the position allow for the worker to be virtual/remote?: No (must be on-site)
Will this resource require site access? If Yes, a Control Goods Certificate will be required. : Yes
Understand the interdependencies within the manufacturing environment itself as well as those with other groups.
Identify / optimize cell bottlenecks to ensure adherence to the overall production plan on schedule.
Perform daily monitoring of scheduling plans and make any necessary adjustments.
Act as a resource person for customer service, engineering, project management and manufacturing cells.
Make recommendations for staff adjustments or leveling of production according to the horizontal plan (workload vs capacity).
Analyze the availability of material inputs in order to adjust the workload release plan accordingly and collaborate with the purchasing department to mitigate the impacts on the production plan.
Work closely with engineering groups and project planners to meet deadlines.
Relevant bachelor's degree, preferably in engineering or administration.
At least three years of relevant experience or training in the field.
Ability to define problems, gather information, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to understand the different assembly sequences and identify bottlenecks
Ability to work with minimal supervision and ensure on-time execution of tasks.
Able to provide customer support & present information clearly to various stakeholders
In-depth knowledge and understanding of the Microsoft Office Suite; such as Excel.
Bilingualism in French and English is required.
Ability to generate reports with databases using SQL, VBA, Power Query Language M, Power BI not required but definitely a plus.
Familiarity with an integrated management system (ERP), preferably Oracle.
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