Tesla’s Manufacturing Operations team is looking for an experienced and driven Production Planner to work alongside manufacturing to support production goals at Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada location. The planner will be responsible for scheduling production across the value stream for Drive Unit. The planner will also be responsible for structuring and performing analysis to support the road map for production capacity changes on their assigned production lines.

• Support manufacturing by creating production schedules that reconcile production capacity with demand for fabricated components, following the factory’s master schedule
• Perform analysis that supports defining the roadmap for production capacity increases/change
• Work with manufacturing & support teams to establish & improve processes (e.g. production batch sizes, material transfer processes & controls) for just-in-time or line-side Kanban delivery
• Respond to unanticipated changes—e.g. production shortfall vs. schedule or material shortages: provide information, impact assessment, and options to downstream shops, revise production shifts and or mix as needed
• Generate and publish production performance metrics and forecasts showing risk to supply of fabricated components vs. demand
• Communicating plans, plan revisions, and production vs. plan to all Manufacturing, support, and business stakeholders
• Represent production in the sales and operational planning process for Tesla Production
• Assist in implementing systematic solutions to control inventory flow, minimize shortages
• Collaborate with Supply chain and Engineering to coordinate Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) to plan for material and product end of life and minimize obsolescence
• Complete other duties assigned by management as business needs shift or change