Associate Production Planner

Westlake • Lenexa, KS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate. The schedule for this position is M-F 6:30 AM-3:00PM SUMMARY This position is primarily responsible for coordinating all phases of manufacturing to satisfy customer and corporate requirements by performing the following duties.

Requirements

• Associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school
• minimum of one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Responsibilities

• Reviews Sales orders daily and schedule production as needed to maintain product lead times
• Communicates with manufacturing and sets the manufacturing schedule by prioritizing the production schedule - daily
• Communicates with customer care ship date information pertaining to new sales orders - daily
• Updates the RTS Sheet in a timely manner with new orders before 7AM and with end of day information by 3PM
• Ensures all process procedures are followed and documented - daily
• Maintains relationship with shipping, warehouse, production and tooling to insure efficient communication
• Reviews open orders weekly to ensure open orders are on track for the assigned ship dates
• Properly schedule production to regularly meet budgeted demands
• Scheduling labor for hand assembly production (outside of molding)

Benefits

• Paid vacation and paid holidays beginning day one of employment
• 5 Bonuses per year based on plant performance
• 401(k) with company match up to 4%, plus an annual 2% contribution
• Safety Shoes allowance
• Prescription Safety Glasses allowance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance beginning day one of employment
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free Basic Life Insurance (2x) your salary

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree