Manufacturing Production Scheduler/Materials Planner - Ascension/NDI

@ NDI

When the world’s top medical device OEMs and academic institutes need real-time medical instrument navigation, they call NDI. Why? Because no one can rival the accuracy and reliability of our optical measurement and electromagnetic tracking solutions.  NDI team members are passionate about delivering innovative technology that will help to unlock new procedures and solutions.   Interested in becoming a valued member of the NDI team? We’re growing and looking for great people to join us.

How Will You Make an Impact:

The Manufacturing Production Scheduler/Materials Planner is responsible for coordinating production workflow for one or multiple products. Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay. Plan and schedule manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover current production demand.

What you Will Be Doing:

Scheduler

• Maintain accuracy of the planning parameters with the planning software.
• Evaluate sales orders or MRP signals to create suitable production schedules.
• Promptly help Manufacturing Lead to address and resolving production issues to minimize delays in production.
• Coordinating production operations in accordance with material, labor, and equipment availability.
• Recommending viable solutions to reduce production costs as well as improve production processes and product quality.
• Effect changes to production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met.
• Promptly informing the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.
• Monitor jobs/work orders to ensure they will finish on time and within budget.
• Compile labor, job status, shipping, late order and other performance reports; submitting them to management in a timely manner.
• Further develop the effectiveness of the planning system
• Level load weekly production to maximize efficiency

Material Planner

• Use material resource planning system to plan the material, equipment and labor required for production based off sales order and/or min-on-hand signals.
• With procurement and quality, ensure materials meet specifications, quality standards, and are cost-efficient.
• Ensuring the consistent and adequate supply of materials necessary for production.
• Tracking production volume and monitoring customer demand patterns and compare with purchasing trends.
• Preparing cost estimates, usage and material performance reports.
• Setup, manage and monitor standard costing within our planning software system.
• Work with procurement to monitor suppliers to ensure timeliness and match according to goals

Ready To Make a Difference?

What You will Bring To the Role:

• Proven experience as a production or material planner
• Good understanding of production planning and quality control principles
• Previous experience as a planner using Epicor, Sage, SAP or equivalent software package
• Good at math and can perform consumption analysis of a data set
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Self-starter, capable of multi-tasking
• High School diploma and/or equivalent with 5+ years materials or planning experience OR Secondary education degree (Associates Degree, or higher) with focus in one of the following: business, engineering, or accounting.

Desired Characteristics/Additional Assets:

• Previous experience using queries or other database search methods for testing desired
• Certifications such as APICS, LEAN, Six Sigma, PMP is beneficial
• Working for an ISO 13485 certified company is beneficial
• A fit with NDI culture: Be Different, Be Better; Customer First; Be Genuine & Honest; Win Together

Why NDI in Shelburne, Vermont?

• NDI is a growing global company based in Ontario, Canada with additional offices in Vermont USA, Germany, and Hong Kong.
• Exciting, challenging and meaningful work based on cool technology.
• Employee social and engagement events throughout the year.
• Located in popular Shelburne, Vermont and 45 minutes to the ski and snowboard resorts of the Green Mountains.
• 20 minutes to Burlington, Vermont International Airport and 15 minutes to the to the shores of Lake Champlain and the Burlington Surf Club.
• Located in a campus like setting that includes courtyard, large outdoor areas, skylights, ample parking, pizza, wine and beer and much more!
• Steps away from Shelburne Museum which hosts frequent festivals and a summer concert series.

Benefits:

This is a full-time position eligible for participation in the Company’s group insurance plan on day one. Our benefit programs support our employees and allow them to balance their personal lives with flexible work hours and environment. NDI offers generous paid vacation, sick time, paid Holidays time and company-wide shut-down. Also, 401k plan with matching contributions by the company and tuition reimbursement program. Two kinds of Medical plans + Dental and Vision coverage on day one of employment. The company pays for Basic Life Insurance & AD&D and Short Term/Long Term Disability. After you have been an employee for 6 months you are eligible to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Being a Part of Our Team:

For 40 years we’ve partnered with the world’s foremost OEMs to bring tracking solutions to medical device, simulation, and research markets. Our technologies have helped our partners pioneer computer-assisted surgery and computer-assisted therapy and is the foundation of 90% of the most progressive surgical navigation systems on the market. We enjoy tackling new challenges and developing new pathways to serve our customers.  We’re a smart, talented, hardworking company – the best at what we do. We are looking for innovative individuals who don’t see this as just a job, but as a career choice. If this sounds like you, why don’t you join us!

Diversity & Inclusion Corporate Statement

We strive to create an inclusive environment that inspires and supports different ideas, attitudes and beliefs. Most importantly, promoting a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and do their best work.  The greater diversity in our team, the better unique perspectives we share, the stronger our company becomes.

Quality Requirements:

NDI is committed to achieving excellence in our Quality activities, which is dependent upon the processes, practices and employees of NDI. Our objective is to maintain a Quality Management System in compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 13485, the US FDA Quality System Regulation as well as any additional regulatory requirements of the markets in which our products are sold. Employees of NDI are instrumental to our compliance efforts, and are required to understand and comply with the QMS.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Operations