Senior Production Planner

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.

Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Weatherford is hiring a Senior Production Planning Supervisor for our West Greens Road facility in Houston. The Senior Production Planning Supervisor will be working within a supportive, inclusive team in a fast-paced, progressive environment. Weatherford provides training, excellent benefits and fantastic career progression. 

The Production Planning Specialist is responsible for defining, developing, and maintaining planning activities within a facility. This role collaborates closely with production teams, engineering, procurement, quotations and/or order management to ensure that resources, materials, and capacities are allocated effectively and aligned with customer need dates.

Roles & Responsibilities

SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

• Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company’s Security, Compliance & HSE policies, Management System, relevant laws, regulations, standards and industry practices and complies with the Company’s Rules to Live By
• Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers or the communities in which we live and work at risk
• Seeks continual improvement in Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, taking into account responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations

QUALITY

• Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of Weatherford’s Management System
• Maintains service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business and continually seeks areas for improvement

OPERATIONS

• Develop and maintain plans, ensuring alignment with customer need dates, future forecast and available resources
• Schedule new sales orders upon assessing material and capacity availability
• Act on MRP/DRP messages daily as they become available for processing
• Create and release work orders to the workshop and assembly after clearing shortages
• Escalate material and equipment shortages as required
• Evaluate overdue and critical orders, aging work orders, and adjust overdue dates as necessary
• Action expedites/defer/cancel requests and provide feedback to order management team and/or customers
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to determine production requirements and identify any potential bottlenecks or challenges
• Monitor material availability and coordinate with Procurement to expedite and prevent any disruptions
• Ability to identify supply chain risks and work closely with Procurement and Sourcing leads to proactively eliminate them
• Reccommends areas for improvement to reduce lead times
• Collaborate with the engineering team to incorporate ECN changes into the production schedule
• Ensure that workorder plan complies with customer specific quality plans for witness hold Third Party Inspection (TPI) points
• Provide regular reports to management on planning metrics
• Provide mentorship to lower-level team members as appropriate

COMMUNICATION

• Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and where appropriate external

FINANCIAL

• All employees have an accountability to the organisation to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses
• Costs incurred should be within approved budget, processed within agreed time frames & following the relevant financial policy and procedure

PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT

• Employees have a responsibility for developing their own careers within the Company including completing all necessary function, compliance & business standards training to enhance their knowledge, skills and experience
• Employees should engage on a regular basis with their line manager to discuss their personal performance, objectives and opportunities to enhance their skills and experience to support their career potential

VISION & LEADERSHIP

• Demonstrates leadership, ethical behaviour and adherence to Weatherford standards at all times
• Identify process problems and concerns and make recommendations for innovative solutions and corrective actions to achieve desirable results, help the company better manager cost on supplies and supplier services

REQUIRED

• Minimum of 2+ years related experience
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience of planning/scheduling in an MRP-driven environment

PREFERRED

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Supply Chain, Engineering (manufacturing, mechanical, industrial) or related fields
• Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP), APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), or Sourcing Certificate
• Lean or Green Belt Six Sigma certification

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

REQUIRED

• Experience in MRP/ERP systems
• Demonstrated strong communication skills, ability to communicate at various levels within the organization
• Must be able to read, write and speak in English and potentially other language relevant in local hub
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work as part of a team
• Intermediate Excel user
• Proficiency in MS Word and Outlook
• Solid understanding of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
• Solid, proven organizational, project management and leadership skills
• Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, and ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize effectively

PREFERRED

• Knowledgeable in work processes for Notification Management, Work Order Management, Maintenance planning and scheduling
• JDE Working Knowledge
   

Travel Requirement:

This role may require domestic and potentially international travel of up to:  <10%