Fabrication Production Planner

FOUTS BROS INC • Milledgeville, GA

2d

About The Position

Fouts Bros Inc. is a family-owned business established in 1952, with facilities in Georgia and Texas. We are a leading commercial truck manufacturer in the US, dedicated to developing innovative vehicles that offer exceptional value, quality, and dependability. Our core values include quality, efficiency, continuous improvement, safety, and teamwork. We operate with honesty and transparency, constantly seeking improvement, fostering community relationships, and maintaining environmental responsibility.

The Fabrication Production Planner will be responsible for the creation, scheduling, monitoring, and closing of internal fabricated production orders for the FAB shop using Microsoft Dynamics AX. This role also involves purchasing necessary raw materials from external vendors to meet FAB production demands. The planner ensures that fabricated components and materials are planned, ordered, and produced in sync with sales order shipment requirements, available capacity, material readiness, and internal production priorities. This position acts as a crucial link between sales order demand, supplier material availability, shop floor operations, inventory usage, and production order completion.

Requirements

• Demonstrated vendor negotiation skills, including the ability to evaluate pricing, lead times, delivery commitments, and supplier performance while supporting cost, quality, and schedule objectives.
• Working knowledge of production orders, bills of material, inventory transactions, and manufacturing workflows.
• Experience using Microsoft Dynamics AX or similar ERP system preferred.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and ERP-based data entry.
• Ability to read and interpret sales order requirements, part numbers, due dates, and production priorities.
• Strong attention to detail, including the ability to accurately enter and verify item numbers, quantities, due dates, vendor information, production order statuses, material consumption, and inventory transactions.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to interact professionally with outside vendors regarding pricing, lead times, order status, delivery issues, shortages, and problem resolution.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate production order discrepancies, vendor delays, material shortages, scheduling conflicts, and inventory transaction issues through to resolution.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple production orders, purchase orders, vendor follow-ups, deadlines, schedule changes, and competing operational priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree in business, supply chain, manufacturing, or related field preferred.
• Experience with purchasing, vendor communication, raw material planning, or procurement support preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review sales order shipment needs and determine required fabricated components, quantities, and due dates.
• Create internal FAB production orders in Microsoft Dynamics AX based on sales order demand, inventory requirements, and approved fabrication priorities.
• Plan and maintain the FAB shop production schedule to support customer shipment commitments and internal operational needs.
• Coordinate with sales, purchasing, inventory, warehouse, and production teams to confirm material availability, capacity, and schedule feasibility.
• Purchase required raw materials from outside vendors to support FAB production schedules, sales order shipment needs, and inventory requirements.
• Coordinate with outside vendors on raw material pricing, lead times, order placement, delivery status, and shortage resolution.
• Monitor open FAB production orders to ensure they are released, started, completed, and closed in a timely manner.
• Update production order dates, quantities, statuses, and related planning information in Microsoft Dynamics AX as priorities or shipment requirements change.
• Communicate schedule changes, shortages, delays, and risks that may impact sales order shipment timing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED