Production Planner

<b> Overview </b><br><br>Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation. <br><br>We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition. <br><br>Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, word-class team. <br><br>When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger - a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other's successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford. <br><br>Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course. <br><br>Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. <br><br><b> Responsibilities </b><br><br>We are looking for a motivated <b>Production Planner</b> to join our team in Ortona on a temporary contract. As a Production Planner, you will be responsible for planning, maintaining and analysing production and sales requirements. In addition, you will compare progress to schedule, resolve scheduling conflicts, assess data, and coordinate solutions. <br><br>Responsibilities: <br><br>Plan products and sub-assemblies in MRP as following: <br><br><b>Production</b> <br><ul><li> Open and manage production orders. </li><li> Manage material shortages for production build and communicate status to management. </li><li> Confer and coordinate with buyers (Purchasing) on the status of purchase orders for parts being procured for assemblies to ensure timely release and completion of assembly production orders. </li><li> Confer with Production leads and supervisors to determine status of production orders. </li><li> Attend production meetings, to provide detailed updates on the plan and manage promise dates. </li></ul><br> <b>Sales </b> <br><ul><li> Review open spare sales orders, verifying validity of product structures/routings and prints. </li><li> Review customer required dates with Customer Service and set promise dates. </li><li> Manage material shortages for field spare orders and communicate status to management. </li><li> Communicate field spare order status to Operations and advise of any rescheduling. </li><li> Set and maintain safety stocks for sales order and repair (independent) demand. </li></ul><br> <b>Warehouse - Inventory - Finance</b> <br><ul><li> Coordinate stock issues and outages. </li><li> Coordinate rework, scrap, and material issues from stock as a result of NCRs and/or ECNs with Production, Purchasing, Warehouse, QC and Engineering. </li><li> Work with Accounting to resolve production order cost variances. </li></ul><br> <b>Engineering Design Material Master </b> <br><ul><li> Maintain material master fields relative to planning (lead times, soft BOMs, etc.). </li><li> Work with R&D/Engineering to manage design changes on released product and coordinate the transition of new products to Manufacturing. </li></ul> <br><br><b> Qualifications </b><br><br><ul><li> Planning/scheduling experience in an MRP-driven manufacturing environment. </li><li> Strong organization and time-management skills. </li><li> Ability to work as part of cross-functional teams. </li><li> Excellent understanding of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP). </li><li> Good communication skills (English and Italian oral and written). </li><li> Good knowledge of product line and customer expectations. </li><li> Good knowledge of the Microsoft business suite, especially Word and Excel. </li><li> Basics of Supply Chain Management (or equivalent training as deemed by supervisor). </li><li> Experience working with an ERP system (JD Edwards preferred, but training will be offered). </li><li> Successful completion of one APICS-CPIM module (nice to have). </li></ul>