Job Description:

VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) has a 90+ year history of technical innovations that have evolved to keep pace and address our customer's most pressing business issues. We make equipment, software, and systems that help to plan, deploy, certify, monitor, and optimize all kinds of networks - like those for mobile phones, service providers, large businesses and data centers. VIAVI is also a leader in high performance thin film optical coatings and engineered diffusers, providing light management solutions to anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, automotive, defense and instrumentation markets.

We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected - at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are fierce about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company - to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.

Position Summary:

The Planner/Scheduler position is responsible for scheduling and monitoring production and capacity planning for manufacturing in support of customer demand. Key Interfaces: Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Program Manager, Shipping, Receiving, and Quality.

Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Production Planning: Review Sales Orders, Capacity, and Material, Update Sales Order W/Promise & Schedule Date.
• Sales Orders Management: Pull-ins, Pushouts, Release & Apply Holds & Reasons; status updates to Customer Service
• Capacity Management: Prepare & Monitor Coating Schedules, Leveling based on capacity availability
• DDMRP: Demand Driven MRP Planning for limited set of products
• Work Order Management: Create and manage work orders for finished goods and sub-assemblies
• Monitoring & Documenting Sales Order Risks
• Inventory Management: Plan production builds using lot sizing, safety stock and strategic and consignment inventory guidelines.
• Revenue Management: Working with Operations to balance resources, customer requirements, and revenue goals

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or equivalent work experience preferred
• APICS education/certification preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to communicate easily and effectively
• Able to operate with undefined and non-traditional planning processes
• Good collaboration and teamwork skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and lead process improvements
• Experience in Oracle, OBIEE, Camstar MES, Lotus Notes, Excel, Word, PowerPoint strongly preferred

If you have what it takes to push boundaries and seize opportunities, apply to join our team today.

VIAVI Solutions is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer - minorities/females/veterans/persons with disabilities.

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