Material Planner

Butcher Power Products•Rancho Cordova, CA

20d

About The Position

The Production Planner coordinates, schedules, and monitors manufacturing activity at BPP to help ensure electrical distribution products are built and delivered on time and within budget. The role translates released sales orders, forecasts, and project schedules into executable work orders; maintains production travelers and documentation; confirms material and tooling readiness; and maintains production planning data in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) across BPP's facilities. The planner monitors progress against schedules, adjusts sequencing in response to disruptions or changing priorities, and coordinates with Manufacturing, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, the warehouse, and Materials Management. The role also maintains ERP data integrity, reports schedule deviations and production performance, and supports continuous improvement in production planning and efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business administration, operations management, or industrial engineering.
At least 5 years of hands-on experience in production planning, scheduling, materials, or manufacturing coordination.
Working experience with an ERP/MRP system, including planning and scheduling transactions and work order management.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivots, and lookups, for data analysis and reporting.
Strong communication skills and ability to clearly relay changing priorities to floor supervisors, engineers, project managers, and leadership.
Demonstrated problem-solving skills, including the ability to quickly identify operational disruptions and devise workable workarounds.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365).
APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM or CSCP), or active progress toward one.
Prior experience with electrical distribution equipment or other engineered-to-order (ETO) products.
Exposure to job traveler-based production environments and project-driven manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Translate released sales orders, demand forecasts, and project schedules into daily and weekly manufacturing work orders.
Issue and maintain job travelers, hold notices, stop notices, and change order notices for the production floor in accordance with established procedures.
Monitor production progress against schedule and adjust sequencing in response to material shortages, machine downtime, engineering changes, and shifting project priorities.
Communicate schedules and changes to production leadership and work with them to resolve conflicts.
Coordinate with Supply Chain and warehouse staff to verify raw material, hardware, and tooling availability before releasing jobs.
Work with Materials Management to ensure project kits are staged, complete, and available at each build stage.
Identify near-term capacity, labor, and tooling constraints and escalate them to manufacturing leadership.
Maintain accurate planning parameters and routings in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365).
Partner with the Manufacturing Ops Coordinator and Project Managers to investigate and resolve BOM, traveler, and work order data discrepancies.
Serve as a day-to-day contact among Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing for production execution questions.
Notify Project Management promptly about delays, schedule slips, and concerns affecting projects.
Log production downtime and schedule deviations and work with production leadership on root-cause resolution.
Produce weekly summaries of completed, delayed, missed, or rescheduled work orders, including reasons for deviations.
Report plan variations to manufacturing leadership, maintain schedule adherence reports, and develop operational reports and metrics as directed.
Analyze production data to identify recurring bottlenecks and recommend process improvements.
Support continuous improvement initiatives related to scheduling, planning, and production efficiency.