Product Data Manager and Planner (PDM)

A reputable manufacturer in the Catoosa area is seeking an experienced Planner / PDM (Product Data Manager) to work with Sales and Production Teams to establish, define and meet any requirements for our customers.  This company would like to find someone who has experience setting up very difficult production parts with enough description to help the shop in being successful.  This individual will enter the initial part data which results in job cost analysis outputs and requires attention to detail and a firm understanding of shop processing methods. Successful candidates will be able to manage and monitor production schedules based on available resources, as well as work with Purchasing to ensure material availability and subcontractors to ensure adequate outsourced processes.

Hours: 7am-3:30pm Monday through Friday

Pay: $50,000 - $62,000 DOE

Benefits: Once permanent, full benefit package available including medical, dental, life / AD&D, Short / Long-Term Disability, Accidental Insurance, Critical Illness, Vision, FSA & more!

Job Elements:

• Protect yourself, your co-workers, and your company by maintaining a safe work environment. Keep
  work areas clean and orderly. Immediately report to your supervisor any problems that may have an
  impact on safety.
• Review shop capacity and material availability and issue production orders to manufacturing.
• Communicate daily with shop supervisors and leads to resolve scheduling conflicts; notify Sales when
  schedule cannot be maintained.
• Serves as a liaison between Production, Materials, and Sales.
• Ensures all capacity constraints are identified and proposed solutions implemented to avoid late
  shipments or cost overruns.
• Ability to review and establish priorities for customer orders, and revise schedules accordingly.
• Team player that is self-motivated and able to work under pressure.
• Analyze historic data to identify trends and define opportunities for improvement.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• (3+) years of experience in manufacturing operations, preferably within sales or purchasing
• Must have excellent communication skills and ability to work with shop supervisors and leads to resolve scheduling conflicts.
• Demonstrate professional or technical expertise in manufacturing processes and workflow and order of operations.
• Must effectively demonstrate use of MRP system.
• Anticipates potential problems or conflicts and proactively develops solutions.
• Takes responsibility for actions, including follow-through on assignments.

Alignment with Company Values

• Integrity – Demonstrate honesty and trust with internal and external stakeholders; commit to fact-based decision-making.
• Teamwork – Understand that processes involve multiple steps and multiple people and work must be performed inter-dependently; value the strengths of others.  Coach others in areas of improvement by openly and honestly sharing information and skills with co-workers. 
• Exercise creativity and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment – Commit to quality work, continual improvement, safety and housekeeping, productivity, reliability, and dependability so that you are a contributing member of a credible, high-performing team.
• Courage – Have the courage to communicate facts honestly.  Be willing to take risks by thinking outside the box; remain resolute in a culture which holds firm to these core values in a changing world. 
• Demonstrate initiative, adaptability, and willingness to change in the face of facts.

Physical Demands

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and smell.  The employee must lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.