PRODUCTION PLANNER

Responsibilities
Howmet Aerospace
is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company's primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit . Follow @howmet: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

This
PRODUCTION PLANNER
position will be located at our new core facility in Whitehall, MI. The primary responsibilities include:

Job Roles

• Anticipation and forecasting--understands operation, maintenance and manufacturing rhythms; reviews and communicates customer demand and helps to prioritize and schedule work
• Measurement oriented--ensures schedule attainment, throughput, on time delivery, influences revenue, customer satisfaction, finished/shipped goods, etc.; tracks and plans according to customer furnished information and knowledge of internal capability and capacity; able to adjust as needed
• Relationship and communication--interacts with a wide variety of stakeholders; acts as liaison between customer and plant; facilitates understanding of customer priorities within the plant; galvanizes efforts to ensure goals are achieved.
• Organization and structure--detail and follow through oriented; manages and monitors inventory and information accurately; adjusts "behind the scenes" without causing visible disruption to customers; creates replicable processes and systems in response to emerging issues or opportunities; time conscious
• Ownership--tracks down information, people, requirements, or other necessary elements to ensure smooth operation with quality and speed; enables the success of others; advances a "win together" perspective and culture; driven
• Balanced attention--spends time in areas of greatest impact; asks "why?"; adjusts to customer demands and coordinates internal resources to deliver, often on short notice; creates plans to get things back on track when necessary; works closely with internal resources to align solutions
• Influence--persuades without direct reporting authority; represents interests and capabilities of plant to customers to control expectations and flow; can deliver disappointing news; broadens perspective of others; gains commitment from internal and external stakeholders
• Outcome interpreter--has strong intuition; able to understand different layers of complexity and priority for internal and external stakeholders; business minded toward plant outcomes; creates new levels of performance through understanding internal and external factors and combining them to synergistic effect

Responsibilities

• Communicates with regular and prospective customers concerning requirements, talks with them regarding other customer service-related concerns, and answers any other questions. Fields and promptly responds to inquiries from customers regarding status of key projects, open orders, and any unresolved issues.
• Exercises direct responsibility for the tracking of open items, for quotation of changes to project work scope, for securing purchase order coverage, and for resolution of contractual issues delaying input or shipment of customer requirements.
• Processes orders for assigned