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Melchor Múzquiz, Múzquiz, Coahuila de Zaragoza
1-3 Years Experience
Appliances • Manufacturing
The Role
As a Planner at Littelfuse, you will be responsible for creating complex production schedules, analyzing demand projections, controlling stock levels, and supporting various departments with supply chain requirements. The role requires attention to detail, strong communication and technical skills, and familiarity with manufacturing assembly processes and Lean manufacturing principles.
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Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Reporting to the Master Scheduler, you as a Planner, will be responsible ​ to create complex production schedules that support the manufacturing process. Analyzes current production schedules to identify gaps or areas of opportunity. Creates, tracks, and reports on the current production schedules.

About the job:
  • Develops production schedules for manufacturing.

  • Follow up production schedules.

  • Monitor and control production schedule.

  • Control the stock levels of finish goods, subassemblies and raw material according to business guidelines.

  • Analyze demand projections for finish goods and subassemblies based on customer requirements.

  • Work with Purchasing and Production team to continuously improve performance on inventory levels from raw material, finish goods and subassemblies.

  • Utilize and monitor material planning procedures ensuring consistent delivery.

  • Follow up on new products implementation to ensure coverage on components.

  • Support other departments with requirements from information about usages and future demand.

  • Support other areas with sample orders.

  • Follow up on excess and obsolete, blocked, quality inspection and consignment materials.

  • Analyzes production specifications and plant capacity to provide inputs that determine processes, tools, materials, and labor requirements.

  • Draws initial conclusions based on analysis around gaps for review with the purchasing team.

  • Other duties as assigned.

  • Location: Muzquiz, Coahuila.

About you:

  • Bachelor or University degree.

  • Background and understanding of supply chain management principles such as (but not limited to) Production Planning, Material Planning, Purchasing, Forecasting, and Logistics is vital for person to successfully navigate the diverse business departments.

  • English 80%.

  • Up to one year of experience.

  • Familiarity with manufacturing assembly process.

  • Familiarity with Lean manufacturing.

  • Familiarity with basic supply chain.

  • High attention to detail.

  • Strong communication skills.

  • Strong technical skills.

  • Strong analytical skills knowledge in MS Office Package.

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise. Our Core Values – Customer Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Results Driven – supports us on our mission to improve the safety, reliability, efficiency, and performance of our customers’ products and systems.

We are an equal opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.

We offer a competitive salary package and a variety of benefits, including Medical Insurance, Grocery Bonus, Life Insurance, Dental Care plan as well as development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.

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The Company
Chicago, Illinois
4,597 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1927

What We Do

Littelfuse is an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. Across more than 15 countries, and with 17,000 global associates, we partner with customers to design and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. Serving over 100,000 end customers, our products are found in a variety of industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets—everywhere, every day. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Littelfuse was founded in 1927.

View our broad and deep product portfolio:
https://www.littelfuse.com/

Littelfuse has had a long-standing commitment to ensuring a diversified workforce through equal employment opportunities. Maintaining a diversified workforce is critical to the success of our organization.

Each associate receives equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex (with or without sexual conduct), marital status, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, order of protection status, military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, genetic information, unfavorable discharge from military service, and any other protected class under federal, state or local law

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