Production Planning Specialist

The role

The Production Planning Specialist will schedule production across battery module manufacturing and support cell manufacturing. This role involves analyzing production capacity and demand to support roadmap planning for production capacity changes.

What you will do

• Create 0-1 production schedules that align with demand and capacity.
• Analyze production capacity and demand to inform strategic decisions and roadmap planning.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and support teams to develop and improve processes.
• Respond to unexpected changes like production shortfalls or material shortages.
• Generate and publish production performance metrics and forecasts.
• Communicate production plans, revisions, and performance to stakeholders.
• Assist in implementing inventory control solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Required qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering/Operations, Supply Chain management or the equivalent experience
• Demonstrated high volume production planning experience in a manufacturing environment
• Minimum 1 years experience structuring and building analytical models
• Ability to spot process improvement opportunities and influence others to make change
• Good organizational and project management skills
• Ability to create clear and impactful reports and PowerPoint presentations
• Ability to solve problems in fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
• Ability to recognize opportunities for improvement in operations and reporting/information visibility
• MS Outlook, Teams, Office including Excel experience (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, etc.)

Nice to have

• More advanced Excel modeling skills
• Experience working with ERP systems
• SAP experience

Benefits

• benefits

About the company

Gotion Inc. is based in Silicon Valley, CA, and is building a Manufacturing facility in Manteno, IL. The company innovates in next generation electric vehicle and energy storage technologies.