Automotive Injection Planner

Description

**AUTOMOTIVE INJECTION PLANNER** *Location: Puebla (100% on-site)* *.* **About the company:** A Tier 1 company that designs, develops, and manufactures interior trim components and complex kinematic assemblies for the world’s most renowned automakers/brands. . **Objective:** Responsible for ensuring continuous production flow and on-time customer deliveries through planning, scheduling, and control of plastic injection and assembly processes. . **Key Responsibilities:** * **Demand Management and Customer Service:** Manage the customer service window by analyzing and confirming daily/weekly requirements (firm orders and forecasts via EDI) to promptly adjust production and shipping plans. * **Master Production Schedule (MPS):** Formulate and implement weekly and daily production plans, balancing customer demand with installed injection machine capacity, mold availability, and inventory levels. * **Capacity Analysis:** Continuously calculate and evaluate capacity for current and new projects, identifying bottlenecks to optimize shipping plans and plant resource utilization. * **Material Requirements Planning (MRP):** Develop and execute raw material and component supply plans. Coordinate with Procurement on delivery deadlines to ensure timely arrival of materials. * **Inventory Control and Reconciliation:** Audit and monitor stock levels in warehouse, work-in-process (WIP), temporary storage, in-transit material, and subcontractor plants (maquilas). * **Anomaly Handling and Shop Floor Control:** Monitor daily plan execution on the shop floor, coordinating with Quality, Maintenance, Injection, and Warehouse teams to resolve exceptions immediately (machine stoppages, rejections, delays) to mitigate delivery risks. * **Logistics and Shipping:** Verify, validate, and release shipping orders jointly with the Logistics department to ensure correct dispatch of finished goods to the customer. * **Product and Process Engineering:** Ensure deep understanding of Bills of Materials (BOM), product structures, and injection process routings for accurate planning. * **Leadership and Team Development:** Coordinate, assign tasks, and train direct reports (e.g., assistants, expeditors, analysts), promoting their technical and operational development. * **General Support:** Provide assistance for special requests from management or relevant departments to sustain business continuity. . **Profile Requirements** * **Education:** Industrial Engineering, Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Operations Management, or related field (intern, incomplete degree, or graduate) * **Experience:** Minimum 4–5 years in planning **specifically in automotive plastic injection processes** (Tier 1 or Tier 2\). * ERP system proficiency * **Language:** Intermediate or advanced English * Understanding of injection concepts (cycle times, lot sizes, mold *setups*). * Knowledge of IATF 16949 and Core Tools (preferred). . **What We Offer?** * Base salary: $18,000–$20,000 gross per month. * Permanent employment, full payroll. * Meal vouchers. * Savings fund. * Professional growth and development. * Exposure to multicultural teams. * Working hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. . **Join a high-performance team in the automotive industry!** If you have plastic injection experience and seek a dynamic position that challenges your leadership, analytical ability, and strategic vision, **this role is designed for you!** Please submit your updated CV via this platform or email it to: karina.s@ hunt4talent.com.mx with the subject line **"Injection Planner"** to schedule an interview. Job type: Full-time, indefinite term Salary: $18,000\.00 \- $20,000\.00 per month Benefits: * Savings fund * Meal vouchers Application question(s): * What is your conversational English level? * What is your expected salary (gross)? * Do you have managerial-level experience in the automotive industry? Workplace: On-site