Commscope are hiring a Production Planner to join our Global Manufacturing & Operations team in Agrate, Italy. This role will report into the Operations Manager but you will have direct daily contact with multiple teams across the business including Engineering, Sales, NPI and PLM.


How You'll Help us Connect The World


We are seeking a meticulous and proactive Manufacturing Production Planner to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating our production operations. This role is critical to ensure our manufacturing processes run smoothly, efficiently, and cost-effectively to meet customer demands.


Your ability to build a constructive relationship with several supplying parties and communicate in an effective way will be key to thrive in the role.


Role & Responsibilities

• Establishe daily work priorities/schedules within the department to expedite production. Modifies priorities/schedules according to work order specifications, availability of labor, materials, parts, machines, and equipment. Works with Coordinators, Operations Supervisors, and other Planners to execute these schedules.
• Ensure all orders are shipped on schedule and as economically as possible. Provides input to management to reschedule shipments in cases of design changes, labor and material shortages, backlogs, and customer readiness issues. Monitors forward load reports and schedules to recommend overtime and staffing levels for work centers.
• Release orders to various operational groups and/or vendors to maintain production flow to meet customer request dates.
• Work with vendors to ensure the best possible delivery dates and shipment routes are secured.
• Review stock records and material requirements to determine if on-hand materials are sufficient to complete production orders on schedule. Resolves problems with inventory or material shortages through review of SAP system and transaction documentation.
• Takes action in SAP as a result of Engineering Change Notices, scrap, etc, and adjusts pending work orders and inventory accordingly.

You Will Excite Us If You Have

• Bachelor Degree in Business with 2-5 years’ experience in a similar role and manufacturing environment.
• Validated ability to drive successful inventory/working capital strategies, lead time responsiveness and customer service levels.

• Organizational capability to sustain results through SAP systems.
• Solid understanding of Supply Chain and order processing.
• Experience with SAP and reporting tools.
• Relevant production or materials planning experience.

Why Comm Scope?


It’s not very often you get a chance to connect with something extraordinary.
In this “always-on” world, we believe it’s essential to have a genuine connection with the work you do. Driven by a collective sense of integrity, we are on a quest to ensure our lives, homes, and businesses are empowered by the world’s most advanced networks.