SAP Production Planning & Inventory Optimization Specialist

Shape the flow of materials, time, and capacity

Join Rockwell Automation in Twinsburg, OH as an SAP Production Planning & Inventory Optimization Specialist. You’ll be on-site, reporting to the PCA Team Lead, and you’ll orchestrate order sequencing, inventory health, and supplier follow-ups so production runs without interruption. Cross-functional partnership with Scheduling, Materials, and Engineering is at the heart of this role.

Impact you will make

• Sequence and release shop orders for your product families/projects based on live capacity and material signals.
• Use SAP exception messages and consumption data to drive timely actions that secure part availability; escalate with suppliers when needed.
• Guard inventory performance across assigned scope; work with Central Material Analysts and Master Schedulers to correct MIN / MAX breaches with data-driven countermeasures.
• Maintain planning master data and parameters—safety stock and reorder points for components and finished goods—aligned to the materials planning playbook and customer service targets.
• Analyze short- and long-term capacity with Master Schedulers and Manufacturing Engineers to head off past-due risk.
• Develop pragmatic material/manufacturing/procurement strategies to enable NPM (new product manufacturing), including new product introductions and phase-outs.
• Align monthly plans for safety stock and targeted finished goods in partnership with the Master Scheduler.

Must meet

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Preferred profile

• 2+ years in Production & Inventory Control, Operations, Purchasing, or Manufacturing Engineering (minimum of 2 years typically required).
• Hands-on experience in a material control/production planning environment.
• ERP fluency (SAP preferred) and strong planning system knowledge.
• APICS CPIM/CIRM/CSCP certification preferred or completed within 24 months.
• Advanced user of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

What you’ll gain

• Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• Parental & Caregiver Leave
• Flexible scheduling in coordination with your manager
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Skills that set you up for success

• Production Planning & Scheduling
• Inventory Management & Control

Be the connector who turns system signals into decisive shop-floor action—and keeps our promises to customers.