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Job Description:
Planning Analyst
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
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
The person hired for the position of Planning Analyst will join the 3M Guin facility located in Guin, AL and support production planning operations. The person will be responsible for managing the end to end supply chain while ensuring customer requirements and supply chain metrics are attained.
As a Planning Analyst, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world.
Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Manage the supply plan by purchasing raw materials, scheduling production and managing finished good inventory for multiple manufacturing areas
• Coordinate with other 3M locations, external suppliers, and various business teams to meet service, cost, and Inventory targets
• Develop and maintain operating rhythms to ensure smooth supply chain operations, aligning supply with demand
• Provide planning analysis to support decision making
• Publish and present service and inventory metrics, results, and gap analysis
• Actively manage working and non-working inventories in assigned businesses to maintain compliance and achieve inventory investment targets
• Identify and implement supply chain process improvement projects
• Business transformation readiness activities and projects as assigned

Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Two (2) years of manufacturing experience in a private, public, government or military environment

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

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Supply Chain from an accredited institution
• Four (4) years of supply chain, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, production, and/or customer service experience in a private, public, government or military environment
• Proficient in Microsoft office - Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Experience with Manufacturing Execution and/or Planning System (e.g. SAP)
• APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) CPIM certification is preferred. If not complete at the time this position is assumed, the certification will become part of the employee professional development plan as agreed between management and the employee.
• Six Sigma Green Belt project experience and/or certification
• 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 at 3M Guin, AL
Travel: May include up to 5% domestic
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).
Supporting Your Well-being
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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 07/16/2026 To 08/15/2026 Or until filled
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