Production Planning Analyst (Monroe, NC)

Job Description:

Production Planning Analyst

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 Production Planning Analyst,you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Lead cross functional projects across the business to effectively drive change in service, cost, and inventory.
• Develops and maintains operating rhythms to ensure smooth supply chain operations, aligning supply with demand.
• Maintains relevant planning master data and supports new product introduction and phase-in phase out material business processes, and associated change management processes.
• Provides a high degree of planning analysis to support decision making.
• Publishes and presents service and inventory metrics and results.
• Identifies and leads projects that improve supply chain speed and inventory investment.  Review and reports on project progress with management.
• Works closely with the business unit to understand customer requirements and forecasts.  Works closely with manufacturing to ensure alignment to business requirements by setting and maintaining sufficient inventory levels and lead times.
• Actively manage working and non-working inventories in assigned businesses to maintain compliance and achieve inventory investment targets.
• Utilize Supply Chain tools and processes such as SAP, EWM, Power BI.
• Utilize Lean Six Sigma methodologies to improve service, inventory turns, and non-working inventory
• Utilize Supply Chain parameter management tools to optimize planning parameters (safety stock, lot size, EOQ, Loop & Supermarket, lead time)

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Three (3) years of combined experience in supply chain, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, production, and/or customer service in a private, public, government or military environment

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

• APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) CPIM certification is preferred
• Six Sigma Green Belt project experience and/or certification
• Proficient in Microsoft office – (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Experience with a Manufacturing Execution and/or Planning System (e.g. SAP, Proprietary, Oracle, JDA, etc…)
• Experience in Lean Scheduling or Lean Manufacturing
• Experience with Microsoft VBA Macros, SQL, MS Cloud Apps (e.g. Teams, SharePoint, Power BI).

Work location: On-site Monroe, NC

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

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

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $84,595 - $103,394, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 04/17/2026 To 05/17/2026 Or until filled

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