Production Planner

🚀 Challenge the Impossible​ ​

About Beyond Gravity

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1800 professionals, spread across 14 locations in seven countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites, launchers and semiconductor industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.

The Production Planner is the central interface between engineering, procurement and production. They will map the requirements from engineering (structural plan) in SAP through production, and monitor schedule compliance in production.

Your Mission

• Create and monitor production plans outlining what needs to be produced, when, and in what quantities
• Coordination of workflows to ensure that different stages of production are aligned with no bottlenecks
• Identifying and addressing production issues and setbacks to minimize production delays
• Data maintenance in SAP
• Point of contact for production questions from program management, BG leadership team, and customers
• Work cross functionally with procurement, production, and engineering to solve daily issues 
• Planning of external material processing
• Ensuring the availability of the required Jigs & Tools, operating resources, and raw materials
• Responsible for the timely handling of the deviations according to the NC process
• Responsible for sufficient consumables and their booking
• Overseeing daily deliveries and keeping a record of shipments and suppliers
• Act as the deputy program manager to support customer meetings when needed
• Conduct cost analysis for new projects to ensure profitability and identify potential cost-saving opportunities

Your Story

• Good knowledge of the SAP system and MS Office applications
• Good planning and coordination skills with 7 to 10 years of experience
• Solid technical and production background in a project-based industry
• Good understanding of operational excellence methodologies
• Solution-oriented, willing to make a difference, strong entrepreneurial thinking, as well as customer-oriented
• Excellent organizational and coordination skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Good stress resistance and perseverance, able to stay structured and prioritize in a complex environment
• Experience in space or aviation preferred
• Experience woth PowerBI preferred

🌌Are you ready for lift-off?​

Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. Propel your career to new heights by applying. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.​

For questions regarding the position, please contact: ​​Frank Chimenti | frank.chimenti@beyondgravity.com 
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For questions regarding the position or recruitment process, please contact: ​​Michelle Lach | michelle.lach@beyondgravity.com  

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Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.​

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Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.