Production Planner

The production planner is responsible for planning and managing production schedules and material requirements to meet customer delivery requirements and best utilize the company's productive capacity as well as managing supply demands.

Responsibilities

• Plan production tasks, schedules and material requirements according to customer orders
• Creates daily production schedule and prioritizes job-orders for production optimization
• Work with management in coordinating and planning production activities to improve runtime
• Develop and review long term production plan with Managers for approval (Capacity Planning)
• Develop and review production plan for sub-assemblies
• Monitor the execution of production plan and resolve any potential issues in a timely fashion
• Interacts with shop floor management on a daily basis to resolve issues regarding manufacturing efficiencies or additional information as requested from Manufacturing, Customer Service, Procurement and Accounting
• Investigate production problem (BOM validation, delays and interruptions), analyze root causes and provide solutions
• Create, monitor and control future supply demand based on forecast
• Plan recovery orders and prioritize, plan, and schedule the production operations
• Plan equipment and manpower requirements to execute job orders
• Coordinate with Managers in planning and implementing engineering changes in production lines
• Adhere to company standards and production policies to meet company objectives
• Maintain reports for production planning activities and sequences MOS/KPIs

Skills Required

• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook
• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Technical Capacity
• Communication Proficiency
• Decision Making
• Collaboration Skills
• Math and Statistics
• Tableau Database Reporting

Qualifications

• Associate's degree
• 1 to 2 years of experience in a production planning/materials controls function or equivalent combination of education and experience (for example, 3-5 years of broad manufacturing background)