Production Planner

Disclaimer: SLB completed the acquisition of ChampionX on July 16, 2025. If selected for this position, your employment will begin with ChampionX and will transition to SLB as part of the planned integration.

ChampionX has future and immediate hiring needs for experienced Production Planner I professionals in Evansville, WY to support our operations team. This is your opportunity to join a large growing company offering competitive compensation and benefits.

What’s in it For You:

• Access to best-in-class resources, tools, technology and continuous education
• Thrive in a company that values a culture of safety to include top-notch safety training and personal protection equipment
• Pride in working for a company that provides clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k) with company matching and more!

What You Will Do:

• Run MRP efficiently and schedule production to meet customer order due dates.
• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production plans to ensure customer service levels, minimize production costs, and optimize product sequencing.
• Review the hot sheet daily, update plant remarks, and apply late codes as needed to drive key performance metrics such as SIFOT, Reliability, Responsiveness, and Overall Performance.
• Participate in alignment meetings with critical cross-functional teams to ensure schedule accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Provide daily status updates to internal and external stakeholders regarding open order exceptions, recommending re-planning actions to minimize non-conformances.
• Identify and implement cost-reduction and availability improvement initiatives.
• Review process orders to confirm raw material availability prior to releasing to production.
• Schedule bulk orders to meet on-time loading requirements.
• Manage batch adjustments, including cancellations, reschedules, and modifications as needed.
• Enter repacks and relabels for customer-specific requirements.
• Collaborate with the raw material planner to ensure timely material availability.
• Lead scheduling for new product introductions and break-in batches.
• Communicate daily with the production team on critical priorities, especially bulk loading needs.
• Coordinate with tactical planning to prioritize schedules and meet customer commitments.
• Work closely with the inventory team to resolve discrepancies and maintain accurate stock levels.
• Adhere to all safety policies, supporting SLB’s Goal Zero principles to continually improve safety, health, environmental performance, and compliance.
• Promote a culture of safety by reporting observations and incidents promptly.
• Support and uphold the Quality Improvement Process, ensuring error-free work and a “do it right the first time” mindset.
• Identify and drive process improvement opportunities within the planning function to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Resolves variances in inventory, conducts investigations and reports corrections of inventory to the Plant Manager.
• Daily Review of all Process Orders for completeness and accuracy.
• Generate Cycle Count Sheets, Freeze Inventory, and Create Inventory Documents in SAP.
• Provides inventory SAP support for Materials Movement, Operations, and Administrative staff.
• Provides daily, weekly, and monthly reporting as required.
• Clear SAP System Database error logs by conducting investigations and makes appropriate corrections.
• Process and schedule New Orders/Shortages
• Other various tasks connected incoming materials and production scheduling

Position Details:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing and production environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and daily schedule changes
• Role may require collaboration across production, inventory, and supply chain teams
• Role is deemed safety-sensitive and may be subject to employer or customer drug testing.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Data Science, or a related subject
• 2 years of relevant experience or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor’s degree
• Knowledge of Scheduling & ERP systems, such as FST, and SAP
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Good at managing workloads and flexible with daily changes
• Understanding the complexities of the supply chain and how to maneuver through the challenges
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Experience with SAP, FST, and Warehouse Management
• Background in Production Scheduling
• Basic knowledge of plant operations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting production planning and scheduling activities in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with inventory management and warehouse operations
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Prior experience that demonstrates strong ethics, effective time management, ability to multitask, adaptability, autonomy, and self-motivation
• High computer application literacy (including Microsoft Office Suite, and ability to learn internal business systems)
• Experience driving process improvements and operational efficiencies

Physical Demands:

• May be required to Lift/Push/Pull/Carry up to 55 pounds chest high.
• Role is deemed safety-sensitive and may be subject to employer or customer drug testing.

About Us

ChampionX is now part of SLB, a global technology company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. As innovators, that’s been our mission for nearly a century. We are a technology company that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all. As innovators, that’s been our mission for nearly a century. Today, we face a global imperative to create a future
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