Job Title: Production Planning Analyst

Why consider a career at MLC?

• Highly collaborative work environment focused on growth and innovation

• Safety and sustainability are top priorities

• Excellent compensation, benefits, generous perks; focused on employee wellbeing

• Great development and advancement opportunities

• Bring your real self to work, come grow with us!

  MLC operates the largest lime facility in the Americas and mines some of the purest limestone reserves in the world…and we are global! The company is committed to development and employee satisfaction. Join our outstanding team!

  About the Job

  This position will perform the production planning function across all MLC regional plants and terminals with a short-term focus of three-four weeks and a long-term time horizon of twelve weeks. It is instrumental in ensuring our production and loading operations are successful in maximizing on-time shipments and meeting customer needs.

• Support MLC supply/demand planning efforts by monitoring and executing daily/weekly production plan and shipping schedules and assist in the prioritization of changes to those plans/schedules as necessary.

• Monitor daily and weekly customer orders. Maintain documents and spreadsheets as it pertains to production planning and scheduling. Help automate and streamline this process as appropriate. Confirm/maintain accurate inventories, needed true up actions, and receipts in IFS. Monitor truck shipping schedules for all plants on a daily basis. Monitor railcar loading and empty railcar supply/demand on a daily and weekly basis.

• Communicate with Sales, Customer Service, Shipping, Production Supervisors, and other MLC personnel as it pertains to production planning on a daily basis.

• Assist with prioritizing rail car releases as needed. Assist in updating capacity models as needed.

• Provide reports and feedback throughout the organization to support long-term MLC planning activities. Provide backup support for Supply Chain Planning Manager duties as necessary.

• Provide feedback to plant supervisors on a weekly basis to allow efficient scheduling of plant personnel.

• Work to streamline all business processes as appropriate.

• Employees are expected to perform other responsibilities as needed.

  Required Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or related field strongly preferred.

• Experience: Minimum of two years manufacturing operations experience required. Analytical modeling and forecasting experience preferred.

• Knowledge: Microsoft Office including Excel and Outlook required. IFS, Microsoft Teams, and GE Transportation RTT (Rail Track and Trace) preferred.

• Skills: Strong internal/external communication and writing as well as being detail oriented.

• Abilities: Ability to learn all customer requirements, production, and machine capacity. Able to work under minimal to zero supervision.

• Behaviors: Customer focused, results-driven, good attitude, and cost consciousness.

  The Fine Print

  Benefits and perquisites may vary based on the nature and location of each job.

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  About MLC

  MLC, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is a leading global supplier of high-calcium lime products and technical solutions. These offerings bring essential performance and value to a broad range of market applications, including metals, construction, chemical synthesis, water and emissions treatment, glass, textiles, plastics, rubber, agriculture, foods and beverages. With over a century in business, MLC has built a reputation on the quality of its products and services, as well as an unwavering commitment to safety, sustainability and service. The company’s expanding global footprint includes a diversified, reliable network of production and distribution facilities in the U.S., as well as in the UK through our Singleton Birch business. For more information, visit https://www.mlc.com/ .

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