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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026

Production Planning Analyst

3M Knoxville, IA On-site entry full-time

Salary

$84,595 - $103,394 per year

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Description

As a Production Planning Analyst at 3M, you will collaborate with innovative people around the world to plan and schedule production work centers, monitor work center output, and improve operational efficiency.

Responsibilities include:

  • Planning and scheduling of production work centers
  • Monitoring work center output to meet customer requirements
  • Improving work center operational efficiency
  • Strong written and oral communication with various teams
  • Active participation in the Tier process
  • Working closely with the business to understand customer requirements and forecasts
  • Prioritizing and resolving supply constraints
  • Balancing service, inventory, and cost to meet business targets
  • Optimizing and maintaining production lot sizes, production cycles, and safety stocks
  • Managing capacity and identifying production constraints
  • Executing production planning standard work using supply chain tools and IT systems
  • Providing planning analysis to support data-driven decision making
  • Identifying and leading Continuous Improvement projects

Requirements:

  • Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher
  • One year of experience in Supply Chain and/or Logistics
  • Additional qualifications preferred:
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Supply Chain, Operations Management, and/or Business Analytics
  • ASCM (APICS) CPIM certification
  • Two years of combined experience in supply chain, planning, logistics, and/or manufacturing
  • Experience with SAP ERP Software
  • 3M systems experience
  • Experience in Production Planning
  • Knowledge of Supply Planning, Demand Planning, and Integrated Business Planning processes
  • Strong data mining, data analysis, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
  • Advanced Microsoft Suite experience
  • Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, and self-motivational skills
  • Experience working on cross-functional teams
  • Experience utilizing Lean and Six Sigma / Continuous Improvement methodologies

The expected compensation range for this position is $84,595 - $103,394.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • ASCM (APICS) CPIM certification
  • 3M systems experience
  • Experience in Production Planning
  • Knowledge of Supply Planning, Demand Planning, and Integrated Business Planning processes

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://3m.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Search/job/US-Iowa-Knoxville/Production-Planning-Analyst_R01171047

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