Production Planner

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At Gentherm, we say, "

It's about the person

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We're with you on a cold winter day when you turn on your heated seat and steering wheel or helping manage patient body temperature in the operating room, recovering room or intensive care units.

We take a human approach with everything we do.

As the global market leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies for the automotive industry we embrace the opportunity to create and deliver extraordinary solutions that make meaningful differences in everyday life.

We do this by improving health, wellness, comfort and energy efficiency.

We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and combine that with our global leadership to deliver results.

Working at Gentherm provides you the opportunity to not only shape the future of the automotive and medical industries, but also influence your career throughout the company.

You will be engaged, challenged and inspired by our team to deliver leading thermal technologies that positively impact lives around the world.

PRODUCTION PLANNER

IMPACT AND OPPORTUNITY

Responsible for working with account management and program management to develop a forecast for long-term material planning, taking into account current inventory, obsolescence, lead times, product life cycles, and production capacity.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordinate NPI, EOP, engineering changes, and the sales plan into a coherent build plan in SAP.

Responsible for creating an achievable master production schedule, reconciling manufacturing capacity and supply availability, and alerting the organization to any risks.

Drive, promote, and develop positive communication with customer service, account managers, and program managers to improve forecast accuracy.

Analyze inventory levels and product demand to determine order levels and safety stock that will ensure product availability and minimize inventory costs.

Optimize inventory days and cash cycle.

Execution planning.

Coordinate the monthly SIOP to ensure new products are launched in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Develop and maintain a forecast / master schedule and procurement plan based on history, seasonality, and sales opportunities.

Support new product development through cooperative scheduling of model introductions, end-of-life, and prototype processing.

Coordinate and plan material requirements for new product introductions, including reviewing new BOMs and start dates for build verification and product units.

Work cooperatively with engineering, program managers, manufacturing engineers, and production VSLs to implement pre-engineering change orders for production or projects not yet launched.

Assess material availability risk and production schedule for customer sales opportunities that may be impacting product demand above plan; escalate as needed.

Review material shortages, stockouts, and safety stock levels while working with new launches or engineering changes, and propose changes when necessary.

Help resolve planning and MRP discrepancies between actual customer demand and the sales budget.

Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Responsible for understanding and complying with customer-specific requirements with a Zero Defects mindset.

Process Focus :

Manages with a process-oriented approach to achieve objectives.

Involves understanding, defining, and managing processes with a focus on PDCA and prevention.

Risk Planning and Analysis :

Uses risk-based thinking with their team and functions.

Involves identifying risks, analyzing causes and consequences, evaluating risk levels, and treatment; documenting this as evidence of control.

(Applicable for IATF 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)

Lifecycle Perspective :

Ensure the identification of environmental aspects through their area, considering process inputs and outputs.

Participate in and comply with the requirements of the IATF 16949 quality management system and the ISO 14001 / ISO 45001 environmental management system relevant to their position.

Prepare evidence of compliance and support audits.

Authority :

Stop or cancel any process that does not meet the requirements established by the organization and / or the aforementioned quality or environmental-safety management systems.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering.

Minimum of 1 to 3 years of experience leading material planning activities.

Proficient in MS Office.

Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP systems.

Ability to consolidate data from different sources to provide relevant summaries and analysis for quick decision-making and problem-solving in crisis situations.

Strong organizational skills, ability to work under pressure, and adapt to changing priorities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in the automotive industry.

Basic knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 14001 - ISO 45001.

Gentherm is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Country / Region : MX

Published : Jul 28, 2025

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