Planner Production

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream•Bakersfield, CA

2d•$80,000 - $84,000

About The Position

The Planner Production provides accurate, short-term, capacity-constrained production plans for Filling Lines and the Mix Plant. The planner ensures plans are feasible, properly sequenced, and aligned with available resources, materials, and GMP requirements. The role requires analytical skill, attention to detail, and effective cross-functional communication to maintain uninterrupted material and production flow. The position works with factory and supply-chain partners to create and maintain detailed production and mix plans, coordinate work orders and materials, monitor plan execution, and identify and resolve risks within the planning horizon. It also supports new-product readiness, factory performance improvement, and compliance with Froneri procedures and standards.

Requirements

Advanced Excel and analytical skills.
Strong negotiation and communication abilities.
Leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge of planning cycles, costing, and optimization.
Ability to manage workflow from planning to delivery.
Results-oriented and able to work under pressure.
Strong presentation and documentation skills.
Two or more years of relevant operational experience at market or business level is useful in at least one manufacturing or planning function, such as MPS, DRP, or MRP.
Basic understanding of how Master Production and Detailed Production decisions affect execution and other Supply Chain KPIs.
Knowledge of customer service, distribution requirement planning, factory operations, co-packing or co-manufacturing, finished-goods inventory management, raw and packaging materials management, or Supply Chain KPIs.
Sales and Operational Planning experience, including scenario planning, supply risk assessment, and alignment with demand and manufacturing.
Trusted and reliable, with strong judgment.
Clear communicator who is open to feedback.
Detail-oriented with strong prioritization skills.
Business-wide perspective beyond the role’s scope.
Solution-driven and adaptable.
Leadership mindset without formal authority.

Responsibilities

Create feasible production plans within the detailed planning period, taking into account capacity, labor, materials, and product-family sequencing established by the long-term planner.
Develop realistic Mix Plans that meet factory requirements and comply with batching, CIP, and GMP constraints.
Create and maintain factory and mix-planning Work Orders in JDE; route all changes through the planner.
Conduct daily reviews and weekly planning meetings with relevant functions and distribute meeting minutes.
Establish a four-week production plan with minimal changeovers and zero downtime.
Establish a two-week Mix Plan that supports products scheduled for the current and upcoming week.
Track and update daily inventory, identify risks, and reschedule as needed based on carrier lead times.
Maintain planning tools, periodically align efficiency with the supply planner, and ensure standard operating procedures are relevant and current.
Support buyers with material flow through work-order adjustments, and plan and communicate runouts to operations.
Manage bulk orders to support smooth arrival and unloading while minimizing detention caused by space or receiver availability.
Update and highlight Work Orders daily in planning tools, ensuring schedule adherence, quantity accuracy, and documentation of changes.
Identify and integrate CIP cycles, production shutdowns, and preventive maintenance into the detailed plan.
Monitor new products to ensure mix and production readiness for on-time launch.
Identify potential issues within the planning horizon, assess risks, and provide actionable solutions.
Communicate daily and weekly updates to maintain alignment with cross-functional partners.
Highlight demand increases or decreases and communicate their effects on material requirements.
Adhere to Froneri procedures and standards.
Maintain 5S in the planning workplace.
Update material-planning parameters in the system as needed.
Track and report weekly Mix Attainment, monitoring planned versus actual KPIs.
Identify opportunities for factory performance improvement within the planning period.