Demand Planning Coordinator

Ferno-Washington, Inc • Wilmington, OH

7h

About The Position

The Demand Planning Coordinator carries out the master production plan to satisfy customer demand while maintaining minimum effective inventory, completing shop orders on time, and ensuring effective use of resources. The role coordinates manufacturing work orders and weekly production schedules, monitors schedule attainment and production output, identifies gaps such as component shortages and capacity constraints, and reports key operational metrics. It works closely with manufacturing, procurement, shipping, warehouse, customer service, sales, quality, supply chain, Engineering, and R&D teams to address production and customer-order issues, support sustainment changes and new product development, and drive continuous improvement in production quality and yields. The position also supports FDA and ISO changes by updating planning work instructions and performs scheduling, finished-goods release, closeout, purge, and other assigned duties.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of production scheduling experience in an ERP/MRP environment.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems.
• Working computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to solve practical problems and handle a variety of concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with MAPICS, Infor, and Powerlink.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Demand Planning Team to ensure timely release, processing, and distribution of manufacturing work orders.
• Work with Manufacturing Supervisors and Leads to execute the weekly production plan using production schedules and management priority codes on the Power Link Dispatch screen.
• Monitor and update the Team’s Schedule Attainment worksheet to compare actual daily output with the weekly production plan.
• Identify production-plan gaps and drive solutions, including addressing component shortages and capacity issues.
• Report key metrics in a timely manner, including daily absenteeism and actual schedule attainment by cell or work center.
• Communicate daily with the Manufacturing Manager, Manufacturing Supervisors, Manufacturing Engineers, Procurement, Shipping, and Warehouse staff about potential production stoppages, shortages, and schedule impacts.
• Calculate and establish daily production staffing needs with Manufacturing Management.
• Participate in evaluating manufacturing or procurement challenges and constraints and help develop solutions.
• Collaborate with the Manufacturing Team to drive continuous improvement in production quality and yields.
• Monitor customer orders, prioritize them, and expedite as needed.
• Work with customer service, sales, quality, and supply chain to resolve customer-order issues.
• Support Engineering and R&D with sustainment changes and new product development.
• Support Quality with FDA and ISO changes by updating Planning Work Instructions.
• Perform MPSP scheduling, finished-goods release, closeout, and purge activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time