Production Planner

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 directly to the Plant Director, you as a Production Planner will be responsible for creating and maintaining moderately complex production schedules to support the manufacturing process at the Piedras Negras site. You will analyze production specifications, plant capacity, and required resources to ensure effective planning and execution. You will also track schedule performance, collect key data inputs, and provide recommendations for improvement based on production trends and opportunities.

You will collaborate with the production planning team and cross-functional areas to help drive alignment, accuracy, and efficiency across daily planning activities. In this role, you will ensure schedules are updated, monitored, and aligned with operational goals while maintaining high attention to detail and strong organizational discipline. Additionally, you will support reporting activities and contribute to continuous improvement efforts within the planning function.

• Plan and prepare the production schedule for manufacturing, analyzing moderately complex production specifications and plant capacity to determine processes, tools, materials, and labor requirements.

• Draw conclusions and develop potential improvement strategies for review with the production planning team, with recommendations potentially shared with the business.

• Track changes to the production schedule to monitor performance against established goals.

• Collect data and inputs necessary to create accurate production schedules.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Location: Piedras Negras, Coahuila.

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• One to two years of experience in a similar role.

• Manufacturing experience preferred.

• Strong organizational and time management skills.

• High attention to detail.

• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

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 — support 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.

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