Production Coordinator

At Flowserve, we are seeking a dedicated Production Planner to join our team at our Itzehoe site. In this challenging role, you will be responsible for coordinating and managing production planning and scheduling for our vacuum and side channel pumps.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Manage all planning inputs, including sales orders, OEM forecasts, custom/special orders, and strategic build plans.
• Translate consolidated sales forecasts into a master production schedule/build schedule using the MRP system.
• Prepare and distribute weekly production schedules/work orders and dispatch lists.
• Prepare KPIs for production and lead shopfloor-management activities.
• Initiate 'make or buy' decisions together with the purchasing team and coordinate external/internal machining/assembly.
• Assist management in resolving problems with late shipments, material shortages, customer schedule changes, and cancellations of customer orders.

Your Profile:

• Fluency and proficiency in the practical application of MRP logic, scheduling logic, order policies, (rough cut) capacity planning, input/output control, product structures, routings, and standards maintenance.
• Knowledgeable in master scheduling, production planning, and demand management.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and organizational skills required with the ability to work well with all levels of employees and internal departments in a diverse environment.
• Professional experience with SAP R/3, SAP APO, and/or SAP S/4 HANA preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Fluency in German and English.
• BS or BA Degree in a relevant field and 5-7 years of relevant experience.

We Offer:

• Interesting and varied tasks in an international and innovative company.
• A family-friendly company with an attractive working time regulation based on the collective wage agreement of the metal and electrical industry and 30 days of vacation.
• Vacation and Christmas bonuses as well as other additional benefits according to the collective agreement.
• Possibility of mobile working.
• Medium-sized company, embedded in an international group of companies.
• High safety standards.
• Company canteen.
• Company fitness via Well Pass.
• Company bicycle leasing.
• Possibility of a company pension plan.
• Regular annual health check-ups and offer of flu vaccinations.
• Good transport connections and sufficient free parking spaces.