Job Title: Manufacturing planner / Manufacture Scheduler
Work Location: Novi, MI, 48375
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Pay Rate: $30-$30/hr.
Job Description:
- Supports manufacturing managers in creating project timelines, cost accounting, manpower planning and budgetary control.
- Appraises manufacturing operating results in terms of costs, budgets, operating expenses, trends and increased profit opportunities.
- Supports the preparation and execution of relevant reports, including budgetary goals, timeline and kit matrix completion percent, expense analysis and various weekly and monthly reporting.
- Duties and Responsibilities (these are the positions essential duties and is not an all inclusive list)
Main areas of responsibilities are:
- Support the forecasting activities of manufacturing projects, including:
- Validating project timelines
- Manpower planning
- Overall budget creation and tracking
- Tracking scope completion to hours used
- Support the preparation of project summaries on a cadenced and total project life basis, including total costs, project margins, risks, opportunities and contingencies;
- Support Business Unit Controller with ad hoc reports, internal and external audit requirements and other special projects;
- Promote financial awareness and accountability within the manufacturing teams;
- Ensure internal policies and processes are adhered to by manufacturing teams;
- Prepares other various weekly and monthly reports as needed; attends and supports project platform leaders in accordance with the financial calendar
Knowledge & Skills
- Microsoft office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) - Advanced Excel skills required;
- Familiar with ERP systems, specifically SAP;
- Clear understanding of project timelines;
- Working knowledge of project based organizations;
- Financial management skills and knowledge of basic accrual based accounting system;
- Budgeting and forecasting know-how;
- Analysing and interpreting data;
- Financial planning, reporting and compliance;
- Identifying measures or indicators for system performance monitoring;
- Ability to plan and coordinate workflow and outputs efficiently across multiple functional groups
Behavioural Competencies
- Ability to work in a dynamic, multicultural environment;
- Flexible and able to work cross-culturally to optimize performance of the global team;
- Has a mindset for driving and implementing change;
- Strong written and verbal communication skills;
- Appetite for accountability;
- Strong leadership and organization skills, ability to positively influence and guide others;
- Self-starter with good sense of team work;
- Strong problem solving capabilities;
- Proactive and results oriented;
- Ability to multitask and execute to a plan
Qualifications
Education:
- BS in Finance or relevant field preferred
Experience:
- Minimum of 3-5 years of finance and/or project management experience at Non-Production Based Automotive Companies (preferably Body in White (BIW) Tier 1 Suppliers)
Languages
- Fluent in English, any other language is an asset
