We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality.

All for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world's and people's tomorrows; the world's first, the world's best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society.

Job Summary

Nidec is the world's No.1 comprehensive motor manufacturer handling "everything that spins and moves", miniature to gigantic. Nidec is a global enterprise comprised of over 300 subsidiaries/affiliates. We are a leading manufacturer of commercial motors, industrial motors, appliance motors, and controls. Our product line features a full line of high efficiency motors for industrial applications in water treatment, mining, oil and gas, and power generation, and for commercial applications such as pool and spa, condensers, cooling towers and large refrigeration units.

From keeping us comfortable in our homes to pumping clean water to making our cars more safe, electric motors are an indispensable part of our daily lives. At Nidec, our employees are on the forefront of developing new motor technologies. As we move deeper into the age of robotics, the impact of motors will only increase.

With over 140,000 employees stationed worldwide, Nidec continues to be a unique organization, and each location maintains its individual personality.

Whether driving locomotives, powering offshore platforms or keeping the lights on after a storm, Nidec electric power generation products impact the world on a daily basis. With over 1,000 employees in the Americas, we are moving forward with technology to solve our customers’ electrical power needs for both prime and backup generation needs as the industry’s leading manufacturer.

Job Description

Position Objective:

Manage manufacturing planning and scheduling function in a discrete manufacturing, low volume high mix environment. Coordinate activities related to routings, template application, capacity planning, production and aftermarket scheduling decisions in a Lean and safe environment.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and direction to production planners.
• Ensure proper scheduling in an ERP environment.
• Establish department goals, objectives and metrics.
• Develop and apply capacity planning tools to level load shop.
• Interact with Sales and Operations management in the S&OP process.
• Drive cost reductions and continuous improvement through use of Lean tools
• Works with Sales and Parts Sales on quoting anticipated lead times on potential orders, confirms delivery dates on firm orders, work with customer and internal demand/capacity to level production load, use rough-cut and detail capacity tool to plan and level department load and/or work with unit managers and procurement on outsourcing options.
• Coordinates production planning resources and activity.
• Schedules customer witness test dates and communicates with outside agencies to assure their attendance, host their visit to Kato when required.
• Communicates with customers and sales (both parts and units) on any potential schedule variances.
• Coordinates daily scheduling meeting, presents new load with options on loading new orders, determines engineering lead times and anticipates need of long lead BOMs.
• Coordinates daily production and scheduling meeting, develop action item list coming out of meeting and root cause analysis on recurring actions.

Experience/Skills:

• 3-5 years customer service with production planning experience
• APICS certification
• Minimum 5 years production planning management, customer service and supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Oracle experience a plus

Education:

BS in Business Management or equivalent

Additional Job Details

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.