Manufacturing Planner

About the position

The Manufacturing Planner is responsible for ensuring the plant, field, and delivery vendors have optimal production and delivery schedules, based on customer needs, plant and hauling capacity, and business metrics. This includes creating schedules, managing changes, and partnering with functions, such as production, materials, quality, and external haulers. This position is responsible for ensuring a high level of interaction with the Homebuilding customers to meet NVR's Brand Promise. This role is located in our Fayetteville, NC plant.

Responsibilities

• Develop optimal production and/or delivery schedules for the plant, field, and delivery haulers, factoring in customer demand, plant capacity and efficiencies, material availability, delivery costs, geographic routing, hauling restrictions, and any other relevant factors.
• Manage and respond to requests from multiple sources for production and/or delivery schedule changes or material corrections. Evaluate the effects of the change and communicate to all affected parties when changes are approved.
• Communicate and coordinate with third-party haulers and the plant as the primary point of contact for Scheduling and/or Logistics questions.
• Utilize NVR's scheduling and logistics software to input and extract data related to customer schedule requests, extra material, billing for packages, and other scheduling or delivery information.
• Coordinate and ensure all necessary stakeholders receive communication related to production schedules, box truck deliveries, delivery schedules and times, permit and escort requirements, and unique situations such as prototypes, long lead-time materials, special delivery instructions, shared packages between plants, etc.
• Collaborate with cross functional plant teams, such as production, customer support center, materials, quality, accounting, etc., to meet operational plans.
• Create, maintain, and analyze reports to measure service levels, freight costs and production efficiencies.
• Evaluate and manage the availability of delivery resources to meet customer demand and maximize efficiencies and cost.
• Execute weekly/daily processing of miscellaneous tickets, returns, extra material, package billing, delivery invoicing, and others as assigned.
• Review third-party hauler invoicing, prior to payment.
• Support the processing of Employee Sales as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Ability to develop relationships and engage with internal customers and communicate effectively, both written and verbal.
• High level of attention to detail
• Must possess strong organizational, planning and time-management skills.
• Reliability and initiative to be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, professional team environment.
• Results driven with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Willingness to learn new things and cross train in other departments
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Ability to travel to other plants and locations, as needed

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan to actively participate in NVR's financial returns.
• New Home Purchase Discount when purchasing one of our homes.