Materials Planner I- WTX

Nabors is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry. With operations in about 20 countries, Nabors has established a global network of people, technology and equipment to deploy solutions that deliver safe, efficient and responsible hydrocarbon production. By leveraging its core competencies, particularly in drilling, engineering, automation, data science and manufacturing, Nabors aims to innovate the future of energy and enable the transition to a lower carbon world. Equal Opportunity Employer Nabors is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, religion, age, color, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. To learn more about our Fair Employment practices, please refer to the Nabors Code of Conduct.

Responsible for overseeing the planning and scheduling of production activities to ensure the best possible resource use and prompt product delivery.

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including shop floor, procurement, and logistics, to ensure seamless production operations
• Verifies that inventory items are in line with the build plan and the production plan.
• Analyze production data and identify opportunities for process improvement
• Encourage positive interaction and communication with Sales to boost forecast accuracy.
• Work with Buyers to acquire the working knowledge to create and maintain parts shortage lists for all current orders reviewed in the weekly production meetings.
• Work closely with project managers to ensure that internal and external productions are completed on time and at the required quality.
• Analyze/Action MRP supply and demand to resolve gaps with procurement
• Organize and schedule production orders from creation to closure
• Coordinate production through-put

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree or a minimum of 2-4 years of relevant experience in production planning.
Knowledge of MRP, near-term production planning, and long-term demand planning concepts


LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees and at meetings.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations and ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.
 

COMPUTER SKILLS
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Access.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in manufacturing engineering (Bill of materials, routings).
• Experience in production assembly environment
  APICS (CPIM, CSCP is a plus)
• Infor ERP Visual
• Microsoft D365

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES:

• Consistently follows established safety procedures
• Inspires open communication and fosters team commitment
• Strives to perform at the highest level while always keeping customer satisfaction in mind
• Effectively plans ahead to meet commitments
• Brings forth suggestions or ideas to reduce costs or improve safety, efficiency and/or effectiveness of work processes and/or operations
• Appropriately raises concerns and/or issues to management
• Supports change and a positive work environment
• Understands duties and responsibilities, has necessary knowledge and skills for current job
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TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

• Recognizes and resolves problems quickly using sound judgement and diplomacy
• Develops a production schedule detailing all tasks and when they should be completed by to meet predicted completion date

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit, stand or walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear and smell. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENTÂ
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, high places, outside weather conditions and extreme cold and heat.


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