Master Planner
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Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world's most innovative companies to create a more connected world?Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed, and maintained to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you're a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you're new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career.Position Overview:The role of Master Planner at Subcom is to create quarterly / annual production Forecasts, generate capacity-based exercises for potential new projects and business changes, provide leadership to Production Schedulers within group and to drive manufacturing challenges and issues to resolution.Responsibilities and Duties:Strategic impact, knowledge, skills, and scope of responsibility:* Create and maintain annual / quarterly Manufacturing Forecasts for each applicable Focus Factory area.* Collects, collates, and analyzes data sets to create manufacturing business recommendations for improved efficiencies.* Provides capacity-based analyses for project quotes and business changes.* Maintain Forecasted revenue targets, highlight issues daily and provide recommendations for solutions.* Serves as a leader for the Production Schedulers - helps to autonomously resolve production concerns with colleagues and team.* Provides direction to Operations and Support Staff.* This position requires a high degree of integrity and the ability to drive for world-class products.* Drives results within the department.* Initiates cross-functional collaboration.* Provides direction to Operations and support staff.Qualifications:* Strong technical writing, typing, organizational and interpersonal skills.* BA / BS recommended - equivalent experience will be considered.* Ability to convey critical manufacturing information to Senior Leadership in a professional and presentable manner.* 3+ years manufacturing experience strongly preferred.* 3+ Planning, Supply Chain or Project Management experience required - equivalent manufacturing experience may be considered in lieu of Planning experience.* Ability to work effectively with colleagues.* Ability to identify business risks and escalate with solutions as necessary.* Ability to make independent, informed decisions.* Experience with LEAN Manufacturing principles recommended.Physical DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:* Wear the proper personal protective equipment for each task, including, but not limited to, safety boots, safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, dust mask, etc.* Ability to talk and/or hear frequently.* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.* Ability to work both indoors (regularly) and outdoors (occasionally) in all elements.Working EnvironmentThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts.