Sr Planning Process Specialist*

3M
Cottage Grove, MN
Full-time

Job Description :

Planning Process Specialist (Cottage Grove, MN)*

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you.

With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role

As a Planning Process Specialist, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world.

Here, you will make an impact by :

  • Leading projects / people to improve processes that optimize production planning and execution
  • Implementation / replication of Factory Planner (MRP) across businesses
  • Planning and executing supply chain functions in Factory Planner (MRP), PMCS, PeopleSoft, USS Shipping, and various reporting and analytics tools in Power BI
  • Developing, testing, implementing, and supporting all functions of Factory Planner, PMCS-NT, IMES, Power BI, capacity planning, and Demand / Supply Plan Data Signals
  • Coach / Mentor Supply Chain team members on use of Supply Chain Science to make data driven decisions
  • Support a continuous improvement culture and recommends and influences major Supply Chain changes to key stakeholders

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications :

  • Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
  • Five (5) combined years of supply chain and / or manufacturing experience in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include :

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Administration in Supply Chain Management or Operations Management (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
  • Advanced experience working with Factory Planner (MRP), PMCS / IMES, PeopleSoft, USS Shipping, and various reporting and analytics tools in Power BI in a private, public, government or military environment.
  • Possess expertise equivalent to that which is needed to obtain professional certifications in supply chain, logistics, transportation, inventory management or related field
  • Lean Six Sigma or similar expertise, certification and or training
  • APICS Certification

Work location :

Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to Cottage Grove, MN at least 3 days per week)

Travel : May include up to 10% domestic / international

Relocation Assistance : Is not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and / or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations / compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.

S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.

To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.

S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life - both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Our approach to flexibility is called Work Your Way, which puts employees first and drives well-being in ways that enable 3M's business and performance goals.

You have flexibility in where and when work gets done. It all depends on where and when you can do your best work.

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3M is an equal opportunity employer. 3M will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

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