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Job Description:
Planning Analyst
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
The person hired for the position of Planning Analyst will join the 3M Guin facility located in Guin, AL and support production planning operations. The person will be responsible for managing the end to end supply chain while ensuring customer requirements and supply chain metrics are attained.
As a Planning Analyst, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world.
Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Manage the supply plan by purchasing raw materials, scheduling production and managing finished good inventory for multiple manufacturing areas
Coordinate with other 3M locations, external suppliers, and various business teams to meet service, cost, and Inventory targets
Develop and maintain operating rhythms to ensure smooth supply chain operations, aligning supply with demand
Provide planning analysis to support decision making
Publish and present service and inventory metrics, results, and gap analysis
Actively manage working and non-working inventories in assigned businesses to maintain compliance and achieve inventory investment targets
Identify and implement supply chain process improvement projects
Business transformation readiness activities and projects as assigned
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
Two (2) years of manufacturing experience in a private, public, government or military environment
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
Bachelor's degree or higher in Supply Chain from an accredited institution
Four (4) years of supply chain, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, production, and/or customer service experience in a private, public, government or military environment
Proficient in Microsoft office – Excel, PowerPoint, Word
Experience with Manufacturing Execution and/or Planning System (e.g. SAP)
APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) CPIM certification is preferred. If not complete at the time this position is assumed, the certification will become part of the employee professional development plan as agreed between management and the employee.
Six Sigma Green Belt project experience and/or certification
Experience in Lean Scheduling or Lean Manufacturing
Experience with Microsoft VBA Macros, SQL, MS Cloud Apps (e.g. Teams, SharePoint, Power BI).
Work location: On-site at 3M Guin, AL
Travel: May include up to 5% domestic
Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Supporting Your Well-being
3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
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