Eaton’s CPA Low Voltage Busway division is currently seeking a Material Planning Analyst to join their team. This position is located in ONSITE Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm at our Greenwood, SC Eaton (FUGI BUILDING) facility. This position offers relocation assistance, if needed.
The Materials Planning Analyst is responsible for developing, maintaining, and adjusting daily and weekly production schedules to align with demand, capacity, and material availability. This role serves as the central liaison for steel operations, logistics, and quality, while driving continuous improvements across the production process. This exciting opportunity provides ownership of all steel‑related activities across the operation and the chance to serve as the central liaison among steel operations, logistics, and quality. It also offers meaningful impact through maintaining 5S standards and driving continuous improvement in workflow and operational efficiency.
This role owns the production schedule and Master Production Schedule (MPS), translating customer demand, material availability, capacity, and operational priorities into executable daily and weekly production plans. The Production Planner works cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Engineering, and other key stakeholders to drive schedule attainment, on-time delivery (OTD), and effective recovery of past-due orders.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $71,000 - $105,000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
In this role:
• Develop and execute daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules, including maintaining a rolling 8-week production plan.
• Level-load production requirements based on customer demand, available capacity, material availability, and operational constraints.
• Maintain accurate production dates, priorities, and scheduling requirements within the planning system.
• Monitor schedule execution and proactively adjust production plans as demand, priorities, or constraints change.
• Own and facilitate the Clear-to-Build (CTB) process, identifying material, capacity, engineering, and operational constraints that could impact production.
• Coordinate cross-functional actions to resolve CTB constraints and support successful execution of the production plan.
• Manage production expedites, schedule recovery plans, remakes, and past-due orders to support customer commitments.
• Communicate production schedule changes, reschedules, and delivery risks to Customer Service and key stakeholders.
• Monitor schedule attainment and lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) activities for schedule misses.
• Develop and maintain the production capacity planning process, balancing demand against available labor, equipment, and manufacturing capacity.
• Identify and escalate capacity constraints and risks that could impact production schedules or customer delivery.
• Monitor and analyze On-Time Delivery (OTD) and past-due performance, coordinating corrective actions to improve delivery and reduce backlog.
• Coordinate production planning activities associated with engineering changes and ensure changes are incorporated into production schedules with minimal disruption.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Engineering, and other functions to drive schedule execution and improve overall production performance.
Basic REQUIRED Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
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Soft skills
• Strong understanding of MPS, capacity planning, production scheduling, material availability, and manufacturing execution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience with root cause and corrective action processes.
• Ability to manage changing priorities while maintaining an executable production plan.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills with the ability to coordinate across Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Customer Service.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and production planning/reporting tools.
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