Arconic creates breakthrough products that shape industries. Working in close partnership with our customers, we solve complex engineering challenges to transform the way we fly, drive, build and power. Through the ingenuity of our people and cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques, we deliver these products at a quality and efficiency that ensure customer success and shareholder value.

Arconic Aluminum Extrusion serves the global aerospace and automotive markets with the most specialized engineering, highest quality, and the greatest breadth and depth of forgings and extrusions. Our vertically integrated capabilities and deep materials science expertise in aluminum and titanium structural casting is taking the industry to new heights. AEX is a business unit of Arconic.

Arconic is seeking a Production Planner/Scheduler to join our Aluminum Extrusion (AEX) business unit in Lafayette, IN.

Profile: This position provides the best sequence of all production jobs so that the extrusion process flow remains optimized in support of achieving a delivery promise performance of 95% or better. Candidate is responsible for load coordination for all customer order needs. Both Truck and rail. Key challenges include managing priorities, balancing several on-going tasks simultaneously and interfacing between Extrusion Operations, Press Operations, Ingot, Transportation, and Sales.

Essential Functions: The Planner/Scheduler within AEX requires technical and interpersonal skills essential to team work. Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Sequence and track all Oracle Jobs for mill production.
• Evaluate each job to ensure they are properly sized and sequenced for downstream production flow loading; practices are correct and properly routed before releasing jobs to production.
• Work in concert with Operations to sequence jobs into the production line ups that optimize customer critical needs and promise performance task dates.
• Manage job completion and ensure customer needs are properly satisfied.
• Own the load list and ensure alignment of the mill to the transportation schedule.
• Provide necessary status updates for Supply Chain and Production management.
• Create shortage, trial and sample jobs as needed.
• Apply finished goods overage and salvage from production overage to reduce costs.
• Prioritize work and production in a changing environment to fulfil customer demand as well as the needs of the production department.
• Process change orders to job tickets.
• Support the Planning department in various other tasks to improve our overall performance.
• Provide accurate input to financial forecasts.
• learn production flows and apply reasoning and deduction to draw conclusions regarding delivery.
• Support weekly calls with customers for order status.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• Minimum of one year experience in manufacturing, supply chain or planning experience.
• Experience using databases such as Oracle, SAP, or other ERP systems.
• Strong capability of Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel.
• Strong written and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and within peer and matrixed relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize work in an constantly changing environment.
• This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. *730, et seq.) and/or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Qualified candidate must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the relevant government agency. Business demands may require employer to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, or Business, Manufacturing Supply Chain or other related field. from an accredited college/university OR the equivalent work experience.
• Understanding and use of Oracle and Discoverer.
• Knowledge of customers, effective cost control, and utilization.